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Iran: ‘blood runs in corridors, sewage flows in cells’, inside Iran’s Sepidar women’s prison
Blood runs down prison corridors. Sewage seeps beneath cell doors. Drugged women drift in and out of consciousness. The women’s ward of Sepidar prison, in southern Ahvaz, houses around 400 women, mostly Arab, denied even the most basic human dignities afforded elsewhere in Iran’s penal system.Iran: six executed for drug offenses in Mashhad prison
Six incarcerated people were executed on Saturday in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad for drug-related offenses. The executed people were Asieh Ghavi Cheshm, 45; Mehrdad Kolbeali, 26; Hassan Shahraki, 29; Jalal Afaq, 32; Masoud Yaghi Zayi, 33; and Aref Sediqpour.Iran: execution of 88 incarcerated people in february, marking a 780% increase
At least 88 incarcerated people were executed across prisons last month, marking a 780 percent increase from February 2024, when 10 executions were recorded. The Hengaw Organization for Human Rights has confirmed the identities of 81 executed people, with seven cases still under investigation.Iran: baluch incarcerated person dies after being denied medical care
An incarcerated person has died in an Iranian jail after officials denied him medical treatment and placed him in quarantine as punishment for protesting his lack of care. Hassan Damani, 33, died on February 12 in Lajvardi Prison in Iranshahr, according to human rights groups.Iran: activist returns to prison with torture marks
Mohammad Davari, a prominent labor activist, has been returned to Shiraz’s Adilabad Prison, showing visible signs of torture following a 17-day detention at the Intelligence Ministry’s “Block 100” facility, according to his attorney, Fereshteh Tabanian.Iran: hell on Earth, inside Zahedan central prison
Inside one of Iran’s most notorious prisons, over 2,000 incarcerated people are crammed into cells meant to hold just a few hundred. Days after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, as the world recoils at images of Syria’s Seydnaya prison, Iranian survivors recognize a horror all too fami…Iran: 'we’re all sick'. inside freezing prisons
As Iran grapples with widespread gas and electricity shortages, behind prison walls, incarcerated people face a desperate struggle against the winter cold. In northern Rasht’s Lakan Prison, 163 women huddle together, their collective breath the only source of warmth in cells left dark and freezing…Iran: incarcerated people hunger strike hits 45th week with widespread support
On Tuesday, incarcerated people in at least 25 prisons participated in the hunger strike, which has been ongoing for 45 weeks. The campaign has gained momentum, with 68 Iranian and international human rights organizations endorsing it over the past few weeks.Iran: the country executes 16 people in one day amid surge in death penalties
According to a report by the Iran Human Rights Organization, the death sentences of 13 men and one woman were carried out on Wednesday at Karaj Central Prison. On the same day, two other prisoners were also executed at Urmia Central Prison.Iran: Kurdish activist on hunger strike in Iranian prison
Varisheh Moradi, a political prisoner serving her sentence in Tehran’s Evin Prison, has begun a hunger strike to protest the death sentences handed to female activists in Iran. Moradi, imprisoned in the women’s ward of Evin, started the hunger strike on Thursday.Iran: political prisoner self-immolates in prison
Political prisoner Kazem Alinejad set himself on fire in Iran’s notorious Evin prison, according to reports received by IranWire. Alinejad was taken to Taleghani Hospital in Tehran for treatment and returned to Evin prison after his wounds were treated.