Two political prisoners, Ali Motiri and Javid Dehghan Khold, were executed in the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) on January 28 and 30, 2021. United for Iran unequivocally condemns these…
At least seven Balochi political prisoners were executed in the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) between December 26, 2020 and January 3, 2021. United for Iran unequivocally condemns these executions…
Dissident Iranian journalist Ruhollah Zam was executed by the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) on 12 December 2020. United for Iran emphatically condemns Zam’s execution and denounces the IRI’s blatant…
This week, Iran’s Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against Ruhollah Zam, dissident journalist and founder of Amad News, who was arrested in Iraq in October 2019 and brought back…
Two days ago, son, brother, and athlete Navid Afkari was hastily and secretly killed by the Iranian judiciary in Adelabad prison in Shiraz without a fair trial, and without prior…
Originally published on Medium's Iran Prison Atlas Blog Executions of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience are once again on the rise in Iran. For over the last decade our response…
7/10/2020 Update: According to Iran Prison Atlas, Hossein Taj, Babak Paknia and Mostafa Nili, the lawyers representing the three prisoners sentenced to death after the November protest, have confirmed that the…
Iranian citizens face injustice every day. Here are seven of the most major human rights violations you should know about. 1) Systematic crackdown on peaceful activists, journalists, and artists Iran…
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, August and September 2018, 32 Kurdish…
GENEVA (16 January 2018) – UN human rights experts* have appealed to Iran to halt the execution of Abolfazl Chezani Sharahi, who was 15 when he was sentenced to death.…
