Shackled After Surgery, Imprisoned for Mourning, and Executed at Dawn: Inside Iran’s November Crackdown
Across Iran's prisons and revolutionary courts in early November 2026, state cruelty has reached a new threshold: 60-year-old political prisoner Shiva Esmaili was handcuffed to her hospital bed right after spinal surgery, grieving mother Somayeh Afshar remains locked in prison after the regime executed her son, and two more young protesters were hanged at dawn in Isfahan.
54 Women in 12 Months: Inside Iran’s Secret Execution Surge Against Mothers, Child Brides, and Protesters
New human rights monitoring reveals that Iranian authorities carried out at least 96 executions in October 2026 alone -- with 81 percent conducted in secret without public notice. Over the past 12 months, at least 54 women have been sent to the gallows, including mothers of young children, former child brides, and protesters from the January 2026 uprising.
66 Prisons, One Voice: UN Experts Join Iranian Political Prisoners in “No to Executions Tuesdays” Hunger Strike
Now in its 144th consecutive week across 66 Iranian prisons, the "No to Executions Tuesdays" hunger strike has grown into the longest-running prisoner resistance movement in Iran. As UN human rights experts join the strike in solidarity, female political prisoners from Evin to Qarchak remain on the front lines demanding an immediate end to state executions.
petition: Stop the Execution of 25-Year-Old Arghavan Fallahi
URGEN: Iran's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence against 25-year-old political prisoner Argahvan Fallahi. Her life is in immediate danger. Sign the petition to demand the immediate revocation of her sentence.
Death Sentence for Arghavan Fallahi in Iran
On July 1, 2026, 25-year-old Iranian political prisoner Arghavan Fallahi was sentenced to death by Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Abolghasem Salavati. Her sentence follows months of arbitrary detention, prolonged solitary confinement, and reported physical and psychological torture aimed at forcing confessions regarding alleged ties to the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). Human rights advocates and her family are issuing an urgent international call to action to demand an immediate stay of execution, an annulment of the verdict, and unhindered access to legal counsel and medical care.
Riley Barnes: The world is watching.
It All We condemn the regime’s executions of its own citizens – brave young Iranians who dared to raise their voices.
Iranian Woman Arrested In 3 AM Raid, Allegedly Tortured
Mojdeh Hashemi Bazargani remains held without trial at Qazvin Central Prison two months after her arrest in Alvand, Iran. According to human rights reports, she faces grave charges—including espionage and insulting the Supreme Leader—and has been subjected to physical abuse and forced confessions broadcast on state media.
Harsh Judicial Retaliation in the Wake of the 2026 Uprising
Following protests that challenged the core of power in Iran, authorities have retaliated with an aggressive, multi-layered strategy of judicial terror. Discover how systematic repression is targeting political activists, victims of social harms, and religious dissidents, and how female political prisoners are standing firm at the frontline of resistance.