Osman Faraji, a civil activist and former political prisoner from Baneh, was arrested after Intelligence Ministry forces raided his home in the village of Khajamir and transferred him to the detention facility of this security agency in Sanandaj. According to Kolbarnews, on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, Intelligence Ministry forces raided […]
Political Prisoners
Iran’s political prisoners are women and men who are paying the price for defending the most fundamental human rights. They demand freedom of expression and the press, equality between women and men, the abolition of discrimination against national and religious minorities, environmental protection, the right to establish organizations and political […]
Zanyar Moradi, a 33-year-old former political prisoner from Kileh-Kabud village in the Chel-Chemeh area of Divandareh County, was arrested by Intelligence Department forces and transferred to an unknown location. According to Kolbarnews, on Sunday, September 20, 2026, Zanyar Moradi, 33, and father of two children, was arrested by Intelligence Department […]
Ramin Zaleh and Karim Maroufpour, two Kurdish political prisoners from Naqadeh County who had been sentenced to death in a joint case, were executed without informing their families and without being granted the right to a final visit. According to Kolbarnews, in the early hours of Thursday, May 21, 2026, […]
With the expansion of the war between the United States and Israel on one side and the Islamic Republic on the other, concern about the fate of prisoners in Iran has increased in an unprecedented way. In every war, some groups are more exposed to danger than others. In Iran […]
Following the recent wave of nationwide protests in Iran, tens of thousands of people have reportedly been arrested. Widespread reports indicate systematic torture, enforced disappearances, forced confessions, and the imminent risk of executions for many detainees. Behind the closed doors of detention centers and prisons, a major humanitarian crisis is […]
We, the prisoners of Ward 4 of Ghezel Hesar Prison, who constantly witness the transfer of our fellow inmates for execution, declare our support for the resistance of our friends in Ward 2 and for their families protesting outside the prison.For us, no option remains but protest and hunger strike. […]
Following the 12-day war between Iran and Israel, a new wave of arrests targeting civil and political activists has swept across the country, under fabricated pretexts. Simultaneously, pressure on political prisoners inside Iran’s prisons has intensified. After Israel’s bombing of Evin Prison, the Islamic Republic hastily transferred political detainees from […]
Following the magnificent and widespread general strike of the people of Kurdistan on January 22, 2025, the Islamic Republic regime has arrested several activists engaged in various fields of civil and public activities in different cities of Kurdistan. These arrests are taking place in a situation where, over the past […]