Arrests

@RadioFarda‌|‌راديو فردا: Maryam Akbari Manefred, a political prisoner, was released from prison after 17 years of imprisonment without even a single day of leave. Hossein Taj, the lawyer for Ms. Akbari Manefred, announced on

@RadioFarda‌|‌راديو فردا: Emmanuel Macron, President of France, welcomed the return of two French citizens on Wednesday, April 8, who had been released after three and a half years of detention in Iran, describing their return

Emmanuel Macron, President of France, welcomed the return of Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris on Wednesday, April 8, who had been released after three and a half years of detention in Iran's Evin Prison on espionage charges; they were granted permission to leave Iran on Tuesday and arrived in Paris on Wednesday morning.

@ايران اينترنشنال: Maryam Akbari Monfared, a political prisoner, was released from Varamin's Gharchak Prison after approximately 17 years of imprisonment without leave. She was arrested in 2009 and sentenced to 15 years

Maryam Akbari Monfared, a political prisoner, was released from Varamin's Gharchak Prison after approximately 17 years without leave. She was arrested in 2009 and sentenced to 15 years for alleged membership in the Mujahedin-e Khalq organization.

@ایران وایر: IranWire has learned that "Maryam Akbari Monfared" was released from Qarchak Prison just minutes ago, after her sentence expired. This political prisoner was arrested in 2009 and sentenced to 15 year

@ایران وایر: Mehrak Karimi-Pour Andlibi, a civil activist, was released on bail just an hour ago. This civil activist had been arrested by plainclothes agents on March 29, 2026, and transferred to Gharchak Prison.

Mehrak Karimi-Pour Andlibi, a civil activist, was released on bail on March 29, 2026, just an hour after being arrested by plainclothes agents and transferred to Gharchak Prison.

@ایران وایر: Wednesday, April 8, 2025: "Cécile Kohler" and "Jacques Paris," French political prisoners in Iran, arrived in France. French President "Emmanuel Macron" posted this image on his social media, writing:

@ایران وایر: Just hours after the acceptance of a two-week ceasefire, the wave of arrests of Iranian citizens continues. Tasnim News Agency, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported on Wedn

On Wednesday, April 8, 2025, just hours after a two-week ceasefire was accepted, Tasnim News Agency reported the arrest of two individuals in Semnan and six others in North Khorasan Province for alleged connections with Israeli intelligence and certain television networks. Additionally, Fars News Agency reported the arrest of a woman in Lorestan Province on charges of being a "key Mossad element."

@ایران وایر: In the wake of the Islamic Republic's intensified security crackdowns on Bahá'í citizens, agents of the Ministry of Intelligence raided the home of the Siyaoshi family—Bahá'í citizens in Shiraz—on the

On the evening of April 7, 2026, agents of the Ministry of Intelligence in Shiraz raided the home of the Siyaoshi family and arrested 19-year-old 'Anqa Siyaoshi without presenting a judicial order. The Siyaoshis are Bahá'í citizens who have faced intensified security crackdowns by the Islamic Republic.

@RadioFarda‌|‌راديو فردا: The President of France announced on Tuesday, April 8, that two French citizens who had been detained in Iran are on their way back to their country. Emmanuel Macron wrote on X: "Cécile Kohler and Ja

@Visegrád 24: Australia’s most decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, was arrested at Sydney Airport. He faces five war crimes murder charges over the killings of unarmed civilians in Afghanistan, and risks possibl

@ایران وایر: Emmanuel Macron, President of France, announced on April 7, 2026 that Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, two French citizens who had been detained in Iran for more than three and a half years, have been

@Masih Alinejad 🏳️: On one side: A father, Mohammad Abbasi, sentenced to execution. His daughter, 25 years in prison. Their crime: demanding freedom. On the other side: A mother and her daughter, relatives of a Qassem S