Detention of Baha'i Citizens in Connection with the January 2026 Nationwide Protests Following the nationwide protests in January 2026 and the...
Father of Amir Hossein Moradi, a Political Prisoner Sentenced to Death, Has Committed Suicide
Originally posted on Medium Based on reports from the Iran Prison Atlas, the father of Amir Hossein Moradi — a political prisoner arrested during...
Hidden Faces Stories
Originally published on Medium's Iran Prison Atlas Blog Executions of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience are once again on the rise in...
Always a Part of Me
By Mehdi Aminizadeh It has always been difficult for me to talk about issues that concern myself. And as I write this, I still have doubts. My...
Iran Must Release Human Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi
Iran has officially summoned Mohammad Najafi to return to Arak Detention Center after being allowed a two-month furlough amid the coronavirus...
Release Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyers at Risk for Contracting COVID-19
Update: On March 30, Mohammad Najafi was released on furlough. Sotoudeh and Davoodi remain in prison. We urge the Islamic Republic of Iran to grant...
Our Statement in Support of Political Prisoners during the Coronavirus Outbreak
UPDATED MARCH 18 We at United for Iran have been following the recent public health crisis in Iran closely, and are gravely concerned by how rapidly...
7 things you need to know about human rights in Iran
Iranian citizens face injustice every day. Here are seven of the most major human rights violations you should know about. 1) Systematic crackdown...
World Day 2018: Death penalty; the Kurds in Iran are the main victims of execution according to the United Nations
The Kurds constitute the main victim of Iran’s machine of executions according to the United Nations. Only in the three latest months of July,...
We’re Improving Iran Prison Atlas!
We are making important changes to the Iran Prison Atlas (IPA). IPA is the largest database of Iran’s political prisoners, the judges that convict...