Detaining foreign and dual nationals to use as bargaining chips is one of the most disturbing tactics associated with Iran's human rights record. A British couple's deteriorating [...]
The verdict was issued by Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court and was communicated to Arghavan Fallahi through her lawyer on 1 July 2026. Be her [...]
Mai Sato, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, has urged the international community not to overlook the Iranian people as diplomatic [...]
Urgent Action Needed Iranian poet and environmental activist Peyman Farahavar is facing an imminent risk of execution after authorities upheld his death sentence in May 2026. Human [...]
Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, an imprisoned Iranian writer and political prisoner currently held in the women’s ward of Tehran’s Evin Prison, sent a letter from prison to PEN [...]
Iranian authorities continue to increase pressure on imprisoned women who advocate for human rights, democracy, and fundamental freedoms. Human rights organisations have raised concerns about additional prison [...]
