UN Secretary-General António Guterres, in his new report, spoke of the unprecedented repression of protests in Iran and called for an immediate halt to executions and for constitutional reform.
Fourteen prisoners and political activists have warned of the danger of a death sentence for Amirhossein Mousavi, a critical user of the X network who faces a charge of "moharebeh" (waging war against God) in the Tehran Revolutionary Court.
The management of Tehran's Keshvari sports complex announced that from 23 October 2026 women may train only in the indoor athletics hall; female and male runners protested against the gender segregation.
Azad Peykarifar, a political prisoner from Tehran who was arrested in November 2023 and sentenced to six years in prison, was released from Evin prison on Wednesday, 14 October.
Tehran's prosecutor's office opened a case against Saeed Shakiba, a voice-over artist and satirist, over a video imitating Ali Khamenei's voice, and blocked his Instagram page.
Gina Romero, UN Special Rapporteur, went on hunger strike on Tuesday 13 October in solidarity with Iran's political prisoners and their "No to Execution Tuesdays" campaign.
Amnesty International has shown that, through its firearms law, military courts and hand-picked committees, the Islamic Republic has shielded from punishment the agents who killed protesters in the 2022 uprising.
By sharing a mountaineering video of Ali-Sina Mostafavi, the executed political prisoner, Princess Noor Pahlavi rejected the Islamic Republic's "terrorist" label for him with the picture of his life.
A group of doctors and medical staff, in a letter to the Islamic Republic's judiciary, expressed concern over the deteriorating physical condition of Hamid Ghare-Hasanlou, a doctor imprisoned in Yazd prison.
Ahmadreza and Amirhossein Feizi, two brothers aged 15 and 19, were killed on the night of Ali Khamenei's death in Fardis, Karaj, when police fired 36 live rounds at their family's car.
Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced Varisheh Moradi, a political prisoner and women's rights activist from Sanandaj, to death for the second time; the first sentence had been overturned by the Supreme Court.
Fatemeh Jami, a Gorgan woman arrested on 30 June 2026 over her Instagram activity, is being denied treatment in Gorgan prison despite a chest cyst and the need for surgery.
Habib Rakhmshah (Notizehi), 52, a father of five, was executed on drug charges in Gorgan prison on Wednesday, 14 October; the authorities have not announced his execution.
Abolfazl Damanjani, a Mashhad shopkeeper and one of those detained in the January uprising, was sentenced to 15 years in prison by Branch 5 of the Mashhad Revolutionary Court.
Twelve detained Arab citizens in the Qaleh Chanaan case in Ahvaz faced charges of "moharebeh" and "baghi" in a pre-trial hearing; their families fear a death sentence.
The Baluchestan Human Rights Documentation Network reports that security bodies have demanded about 10 billion tomans from the families to hand over the bodies of three Baloch citizens killed in Zahedan.
Mohammad Movahedi-Azad, the Islamic Republic's attorney general, said judicial authorities have been ordered to monitor women lawyers' hijab and to disqualify them if they violate it.
The Boyer-Ahmad Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office summoned six Yasuj civil activists, including Nowrouzali Rashidnejad, a teacher and trade-union activist, and demanded they hand in their phones within three days.
Hamzeh Savari, a political prisoner held since the age of 16, has been on hunger strike in Karaj's Ghezelhesar prison since 14 October in solidarity with Mokhtar Alboshokeh.
Yazd's prosecutor announced the seizure of a car, property, bank accounts and five phone lines belonging to a political activist living abroad because of his writings and stories.
