In their statement, 250 cross-party signatories denounce the regime’s systematic use of the death penalty as a means to target dissidents and detained demonstrators. They emphasise that these executions are politically motivated, intended to suppress dissent and deter future uprisings through fear and intimidation. The signatories draw attention to the regime’s longstanding record of crimes against humanity, ranging from past massacres to ongoing atrocities, as documented by UN mandate holders and human rights experts.

11th January 2025 - A group of Political Prisoners has issued an open letter urging international organizations and institutions to use their full capacity to take effective action to halt the execution of three political prisoners: Pakhshan Azizi, Mehdi Hassani, and Behrouz Ehsani, currently held in Evin Prison in Tehran. This came after the Iranian regime's Supreme Court upheld the death sentences for these 3 individuals.

A collective of intellectuals, human rights defenders, and women’s rights activists, including notable figures like Elisabeth Badinter, Ingrid Betancourt, and Laurence Tubiana, call for the immediate release of Maryam Akbari Monfared, Iran's longest serving female political prisoner, Maryam Akbari Monfared, French Le Monde reports on Sunday, 24 November.

Maryam was recently transferred to Qarchak Prison, infamous for its dire conditions, according to reports from Iran, further intensifying global concern over her plight.

14th Oct 2024 - Iran's longest serving female political prisoner, Maryam Akbari Monfared, has had her prison sentence extended once again, after 15 years imprisonment.

Background: Maryam Akbari Monfared was born on December 14, 1975, and is the mother of three daughters. She is one of the most resistant female political prisoners who has chosen to live without bowing down to the mullahs. She was taken to Evin prison “to provide some explanations” at midnight of December 29, 2009, without being able to say goodbye to her daughters. But she never returned home. She was incarcerated because she sought justice for four of her siblings executed in cold blood by the clerical regime in the 1980s. Her sister, Roghiyeh Akbari Monfared, had a little daughter when she was sent to the gallows among the prisoners massacred in the summer of 1988.