IRAN: Grave Danger Facing Political Prisoners Amid Escalating Regional Conflict
Political prisoners in Iran are facing imminent and unprecedented danger as the Islamic regime intensifies its brutal crackdown following Israeli military strikes on June 13, 2025.
In the wake of Israel’s targeted attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities and high-ranking officials, Iran’s major cities have seen a sweeping deployment of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and other security forces. This militarized presence is not for public protection, it is a calculated move by a regime in crisis, aimed at suppressing dissent and silencing any perceived opposition during a period of extreme vulnerability.
While the Iranian regime’s long-standing record of repression, arbitrary detention, and executions is well documented, the current crisis is being exploited to unleash a new wave of terrifying level of oppression. Dozens of civilians have already been detained for actions as minor as photographing or filming the aftermath of the strikes—accused without evidence of “collaboration with Israel.”
Inside the notorious Evin Prison, especially in Ward, authorities have cut off all phone communications, severing prisoners’ only link to the outside world. As of June 15, 2025, the Women’s Ward of Evin remains under a communication blackout. Families are left in anguish, unable to reach their loved ones, while prisoners remain isolated in an environment marked by fear and repression.
At the same time, the IRGC has escalated its threats and intimidation against journalists and human rights defenders. Nationwide internet restrictions have further obstructed the flow of information, creating dangerous conditions where atrocities can occur in total darkness.
We are deeply alarmed by the heightened risk of torture and execution facing political prisoners. Many are being held in facilities directly controlled by the IRGC, placing them at grave risk in the event of further military escalation or as targets of retaliation by a regime desperate to reassert control.
We, the undersigned, urgently call on the United Nations, the European Union, world governments, and all international human rights organizations to take immediate and decisive action.
The regime in Iran must be compelled to:
• Immediately and unconditionally stop all executions and release all political prisoners.
Time is running out. The world must act now to protect those whose lives hang in the balance.
Signatures:
- Aban Families for Justice
- Alliance For Freedom, Washington DC
- Alliance For Women, Life, Freedom, Stockholm
- Amadnews
- Associazione Donne Libere Iraniane
- Associazione Movimento Donna vita Libertà Firenze
- Baloch Advocacy and Studies Center
- Campaign to Defend Political and Civil Prisoners
- Campaign to Free Political Prisoners in Iran (CFPPI)
- Daughters of Justice Campaign
- Ensemble Pour l’Iran, Genève Switzerland
- Federation Europerse
- Free Human, Germany
- Free Jailed Workers in Iran (Free Them now)
- FreeIran, Switzerland
- Global Campaign to Stop Executions in Iran
- Global Network to Free Political Prisoners in Iran
- Gulten from Jiyan Kurdish Women’s Assembly
- Hana Human Rights Organization
- Hanai Rojhelat
- IIPHA
- International Committee Against Execution (ICAE)
- International Fight for Women’s Rights, Sweden
- Iran House
- Iranian Australian Republic (IAR)
- Iranian Culture and Art Club of Fresno
- Iranian Teachers’ Union Challenge Group
- Iranisch – Deutscher Frauenverein, KÖln e.V.
- Justice-Seeking of Kurdistan
- Kurdish People’s Assembly
- Left Woman’s Union
- Maana Association, Milan
- Mahsa Foundation, Copenhagen Denmark
- Nika Network of Iranians for Liberty and Democracy
- No To Execution Campaign
- No to Execution, Yes to Free Life
- Norwegian Iranian Network
- Peter Tatchell Foundation
- Shiwar
- Simorgh, Centre Socio-Culturel Des Iraniens de Québec
- Solidarity Network for Human Rights in Iran
- The Coalition Front to Save Iran (JANA)
- The Strategy Foundation
- Toronto Iranian Republican Association (TIRA)
- Turkmen Freedom House (TFH)
- United Kurdistan Women
- United To End Executions in Iran
- Voice of Balochistan Women – Bramsh (VBW)
- Voices of Women for Change
- Voix d’Iran – Grenoble, France
- Woman Life Freedom Network, Belgium
- Woman Life Freedom, Germany
- Woman Life Freedom, London
- Women in Kurdistan Against Gender Discrimination
- Women Revolution
- Women, Life, Freedom – Gothenburg Sweden
- Women, Life, Freedom, Stockholm
- Zagros Human Rights Center
