Iranian political prisoners

UK nationals in Iran call on government to defend them amid Tehran airstrikes

Craig Foreman and his wife Lindsay were sentenced to 10 years in prison in February after Iran accused them of spying for Britain and Israel. The couple have repeatedly denied the charges.

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.
Prison cell block

Iran denies medical care for political inmates at Kurdish region prisons, raises security - report

British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper at the UN Security Council, New York, February 18, 2026; illustrative.

UK condemns 10-year sentence for British nationals detained in Iran under espionage allegations

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addresses the Al Jazeera Forum in Doha, February 7, 2026; illustrative.

Araghchi slams US-Israeli Miriam Adelson, accusing her of dual loyalties in antisemitic trope


Niece of Iran's supreme leader imprisoned in Tehran - report

It is unclear what the niece of Iran's supreme leader is being charged with.

 Screenshot from Zoom call between Farideh Moradkhani and Farah Diba, the widow of the last Shah, in October.

Former Iran hostage files lawsuit against Princeton University for 'abandoning him'

Wang argued that Princeton and its Iran Center took the advice of “pro-regime activists and academics”  prior to his arrest and after his imprisonment.

Xiyue Wang hugging United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein Ed McMullen in December 2019 following his release from Iranian prison.

Iran court upholds jail term for UK-Iranian aid worker

In April, an Iranian court sentenced an aid worker to a new term in jail on charges of propaganda against Iran's ruling system, just a month after she finished a prior five-year sentence.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (R)

Iran civil rights lawyer on hunger strike due to harassment in prison

"Soheila Hejab has continued from inside prison to denounce the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and unmistakably call for overthrow. The fierce courage in her voice is chilling"

 Israel is working in a coordinated way to counter Iran

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

Executed Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari

Who betrayed Iranian journalist Ruhollah Zam?

BEHIND THE LINES: Mystery surrounds capture of Iranian dissident journalist

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.

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.

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."

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Iran releases imprisoned Australian bloggers

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

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