Iranian political prisoners

Qatar working towards release of Jewish prisoners in Iran to improve US relations - report

Tehran has released foreign prisoners before, with one recent release being an American prisoner detained in Iran since 2024, KAN reported.

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A Qatar flag in front of the Doha skyline on September 20, 2025.
Family members with US flags wait to greet freed American detainees released in a prisoner swap deal between U.S and Iran upon arriving at Davison Army Airfield at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, US, September 19, 2023.

Iran judiciary denies Trump statement that American prisoner was freed

Trump announced the alleged release in a post on Truth Social, claiming that the unnamed detainee was “safely outside of Iran and in good condition.”

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US PRESIDENT Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, June 23, 2026.

US citizen detained, held by Iranian regime since 2024 released, Donald Trump announces

In a post on Truth Social, Trump claimed that the woman had been released as a gesture of goodwill on Iran's part, adding that the woman was safely outside the country and in good condition.

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FILE PHOTO: Craig and Lindsay Foreman, a British couple who have been sentenced by Iran to 10 years in prison on charges of espionage, according to their family, pose for a selfie in an unknown location in this undated handout photograph taken in 2024 and obtained by Reuters on February 19, 2026.

Jailed British couple in Iran continue hunger strike, US-based rights org. HRANA says

Craig and Lindsay Foreman, jailed in Iran on espionage charges, have been denied adequate medical care and contact with their families, HRANA reported.

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Iran’s regime threatens to execute brother of wrestler Navid Afkari

Navid’s brothers Vahid and Habib also participated in the demonstrations against the regime in 2018

MAY 3, 2021ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Executed Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari

Who betrayed Iranian journalist Ruhollah Zam?

BEHIND THE LINES: Mystery surrounds capture of Iranian dissident journalist

DECEMBER 17, 2020ByJONATHAN SPYER
Ruhollah Zam is seen during his trial in Tehran on June 2.

Why is Iran executing, kidnapping so many people?

No other regime in the world does this. Iran’s point is that international laws don’t apply to it.

DECEMBER 17, 2020BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a virtual speech, on the occasion of the Prophet Mohammad's birthday, in Tehran, Iran November 3, 2020.

Freed British-Australian academic thanks supporters after Iranian release

Moore-Gilbert, a specialist in Middle East politics at the University of Melbourne, said after leaving Iran that she was grateful for the work done to gain her release.

NOVEMBER 26, 2020ByREUTERS
A prison guard stands along a corridor in Tehran's Evin prison June 13, 2006.

Iran urged to release female political prisoners during COVID outbreak

"This is no judicial oversight. It is part of a policy that looks to further punish political prisoners by keeping them in dangerous prison conditions."

APRIL 24, 2020ByDONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS
NASRIN SOTOUDEH 370

Iran releases imprisoned Australian bloggers

Kylie Moore-Gilbert and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe remain in Tehran's Evin prison.

OCTOBER 5, 2019ByRACHEL WOLF
A prison guard stands along a corridor in Tehran's Evin prison June 13, 2006.

Australian jailed in Iran identified as Melbourne University academic

Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a specialist in Middle East politics at the University of Melbourne, is one of three Austrailian citizens detained in Iran.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019ByREUTERS
Prison cell block

Iran says it killed the mastermind of the Tehran attacks

41 arrested in connection to twin attacks claimed by ISIS.

JUNE 11, 2017ByREUTERS
Iranian police stand near the parliament's building during a gunmen attack in central Tehran, Iran, June 7, 2017

Iran counts votes after big turnout in presidential election

For Iranians, the election presents a stark choice between competing visions of the country.

MAY 20, 2017ByREUTERS
Electoral employees sits next to ballot boxes before closing vote for the presidential election in a polling station in Tehran, Iran, May 19, 2017.

Int'l outcry over imprisoned Iranian rights activist on hunger strike

Both Arash Sadeghi and his wife have been jailed by Islamic Republic.

JANUARY 1, 2017ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Demonstrators shout slogans in front of a poster depicting Iran's late leader Ayatollah Khomeini during a rally in Tehran