Mokhtar Al-Bushokeh, a political prisoner in Arak prison, has been on hunger strike since 6 October, and Hamzeh Savari in Ghezel Hesar prison has joined the strike in support of him.
HRANA announced that since the start of Mehr 1405 (23 September) at least 15 women and girls have been killed in various Iranian cities; in most cases male family members are accused.
The Islamic Republic's Ministry of Science ended its work with Farzad Kolbali, a political sociology lecturer at the University of Tehran, over "subversive" content on social media.
In a letter to clubs, the football league organisation banned the presence of men, from spectators to reporters and photographers, at women's football matches; the decision came from higher authorities.
Mehdi Meskinnavaz, a civil activist and political prisoner in Rasht's Lakan prison, has been denied proper treatment for more than two years despite a knee injury, a slipped disc and a burn wound.
Branch 1 of the Izeh Revolutionary Court sentenced 19 residents of Bahmai to two years in prison each for attending the memorial ceremony of Hossein Pooshe, one of the fallen of the January uprising.
Milad Darvishi, 31, father of a four-year-old girl, was executed in Arak prison on Wednesday, 14 October, on drug-related charges; the authorities did not announce the execution.
The left lung of Hamid Ghareh-Hassanlou, a physician and political prisoner in Yazd prison, has failed, yet he is denied medical leave and is under pressure to write a "letter of repentance".
Kazem Alinezhad Baranlou, a political prisoner in Evin prison, has gone on a dry hunger strike to protest being denied treatment and essential heart and kidney medication.
Masoumeh Nassaji, a 64-year-old political prisoner in the women's ward of Evin prison, remains behind bars even though Forensic Medicine has confirmed she cannot withstand imprisonment.
Ilam's Intelligence Department announced the arrest of 11 people in Malekshahi over a role in the January uprising; in Rudsar, a protesting student was also sentenced to prison and 20 lashes.
The family of Alireza Raeisi, a Dey uprising protester executed on 5 October in Isfahan's Dastgerd prison, were able to visit his grave for the first time after 12 days.
New information on the crackdown on the Dey uprising in Semnan shows snipers fired at protesters from the roofs of the Friday prayer leader's office, state TV and a women's dormitory.
Branch 26 of Tehran's Revolutionary Court sentenced Alireza Malekzadeh, a political prisoner in Greater Tehran prison, to 15 years for sending images and coordinates of locations.
Amnesty International warned that at least 20 protesters from the January uprising, two of them under 18 at the time of the alleged offence, are at imminent risk of execution after the Supreme Court upheld their sentences.
The memorial for Ali-Sina Mostafavi, the mountaineer and political prisoner executed in Kerman, which was due to be held on Friday 16 October, was cancelled under pressure from government forces.
In the final statement of the Brussels summit, EU leaders condemned the crackdown and mass executions in Iran and called for freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
Elnaz Ghorbani, a Christian convert, has been summoned to serve a five-year prison sentence handed down by the Varamin Revolutionary Court and must report to Qarchak prison within five days.
The Oshnavieh intelligence office summoned Khalil Eini, father of Sediq Eini, a former political prisoner living abroad, several times and threatened that the family will pay for their son's activity.
Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, said the Secretary-General opposes the death sentence for Najmeh Amini, a 23-year-old student held in Vakilabad prison in Mashhad.
