27 October 2020 - Reports from inside Iran are showing that the condition inside prisons is worsening, which is a big worry for prisoners who have to endure the winter months inside the regime's prisons. 

Iran Human Rights Monitor has been told that authorities at the GTP have increased pressure on prisoners in section 2 of the Greater Tehran Penitentiary (GTP).

The Iranian regime’s state-run media reported on Wednesday, August 5, that Mostafa Salehi, a political prisoner arrested during the December 2017 nationwide uprising in Isfahan has been executed.

The regime carried out the death sentence of Mostafa Salehi against the backdrop of ongoing international protests to executions in Iran. This is further testament to the regime’s disregard for international values and norms.

26 October 2020 - Javaid Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on Iran has raised concerns that there has so far been no accountability for the violent crackdown against protesters in Iran. In his new report, he insists on the importance of Iran conducting an inquiry into the horrific mistreatment of arrested protesters from November 2019 and January 2020. 

Javaid Rehman points out the regime's involvement in the crackdown of prisoners, stating that 'The Government and judiciary appear to be implementing death sentences against protesters to prevent peaceful dissent and restrict civic space. The recent arbitrary execution of Navid Afkari for his participation in August 2018 protests is emblematic of this concern.' He also raised concerns about the treatment of victims' families.

The Iranian regime has halted the execution of three young men, Mohammad Rajabi, Saeed Tamjidi and Amirhossein Moradi, following a wide spread international pressure campaign.

A Farsi hashtag - meaning 'Don't Execute' - gained major momentum on social media platforms, apparently being tweeted 5 million times, calling for the regime to stop these executions.

2nd September 2020 - Amnesty International recently wrote a report on the grotesque treatment of prisoners who were arrested for their participation in the 2019 popular uprisings in Iran.

"The report, Trampling humanity: Mass arrests, disappearances and torture since Iran’s 2019 November protests, documents the harrowing accounts of dozens of protesters, bystanders and others who were violently arrested, forcibly disappeared or held incommunicado, systemically denied access to their lawyers during interrogations, and repeatedly tortured to “confess”.

The Iranian regime, executed two Kurdish political prisoners, Diako Rasoulzadeh and Saber Sheikh Abdullah, in Urmia Prison in the early hours of this morning, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. They were executed on the bogus charge of “Moharebeh” (waging war on God).

Diako Rasoulzadeh was arrested in 2013 in his hometown village of Daryas, and Saber Sheikh Abdullah was arrested in Mahabad around the same time in Mahabad. The two prisoners were tortured for a year at the intelligence ministry’s detention centre.