London – July 16, 2025 – At the UK Parliament, MPs, Peers, legal experts, and human rights advocates met to address the worsening crisis in Iran and the Middle East. Organised by the British Committee for Iran Freedom, the conference promoted the “Third Option: Regime Change by Iran’s People and Resistance,” rejecting both foreign military intervention and appeasement of the regime. Held shortly after a 12-day conflict that nearly sparked regional war, speakers from across the political spectrum backed the Iranian people’s democratic aspirations and endorsed Mrs Maryam Rajavi’s Ten-Point Plan for a future republic.

14th July 2025 - United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran, Mai Sato, has raised serious concern over the potential “enforced disappearance” of detainees from Tehran’s Evin Prison, including Iranian–Swedish academic Ahmadreza Djalali.

In a post on X on 4 July, Sato said she continues to receive reports of worsening conditions for prisoners transferred from Evin to the Greater Tehran Penitentiary and Qarchak Prison, following Israeli airstrikes.

18th June 2025 - Tehran’s Evin Prison has been placed under full lockdown by Iran’s Special Unit forces following heightened regional tensions triggered by Israeli military action. Ward 8, which houses numerous political and ideological prisoners, is reportedly included in the siege. Eyewitness accounts describe a heavy deployment of Special Unit forces restricting prisoner movement, severing phone contact with families, and halting access to outdoor exercise.

18th June 2025 - At least 10 prisoners were killed and over 30 injured in a brutal crackdown at Kermanshah’s Dizelabad Prison in Iran on 14 June 2025. The violence erupted following heightened tensions sparked by nearby explosions reportedly caused by an airstrike, which led to widespread panic among inmates.

Prisoners attempted to contact their families, fearing for their lives, prompting a violent response from prison authorities and the regime’s special forces.