Iranian police spokesperson says about 21,000 people have been arrested

Amnesty International reported that the rights organization Article 18 had documented the arrest of at least 54 Christians since 24 June. The account situates these arrests within official accusations...

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch reported that Noyan Hejazi and Leva Samimi, arrested in Mazandaran province on 25 June and 7 July respectively, were released on bail on 3 August. The...

The joint Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch report said Baha’i resident Mehran Dastoornejad was released on bail from Shiraz prison on 6 August. The organizations said his family’s lawyer...

Human Rights Watch reported that prisoners transferred from Fashafouyeh to Evin on 8 August were ill-treated. After prisoners protested the separation and transfer of death-row detainees, sources told...

Human Rights Watch reported that authorities moved at least five men sentenced to death from Fashafouyeh to Ghezel Hesar prison on 8 August, prompting concern that executions could be imminent. The...

Human Rights Watch reported that at least 62 women political prisoners were transferred from Evin to Qarchak after the June 23 attack, including a toddler with an imprisoned mother. It documented...

Human Rights Watch said Iranian authorities refused to disclose the fate and whereabouts of some detainees held in security and intelligence sections associated with Evin. Families and lawyers made...

Following an investigation using verified video, satellite imagery and interviews, Amnesty International said the June 23 Israeli strikes damaged at least six areas of Evin prison and killed and...

The two organizations reported arrests and intimidation of dissidents, human-rights defenders, journalists, Afghans, Baluchi and Kurdish people, and Baha’i, Christian and Jewish minorities. They...

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said at least nine men had been executed on politically motivated charges and/or accusations of spying for Israel since the hostilities. The...