Arrests

@Visegrád 24: The Islamic regime in Iran executes a 32-year-old political prisoner accused of spying for Israel Ehsan Afrashteh, a 32-year-old civil engineering graduate and IT/cybersecurity specialist, was hanged

On May 13, 2026, the Islamic regime in Iran executed Ehsan Afrashteh, a 32-year-old civil engineering graduate and IT/cybersecurity specialist, at Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, bringing the total number of political prisoners executed since the start of the war in late February to at least 31.

@ايران اينترنشنال: United Students reported that Matin Zamaniyan, an undergraduate student of political science at Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, is being held in Tehran’s Evin Prison more than a month

Matin Zamaniyan, an undergraduate political science student at Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, has been held in Tehran’s Evin Prison for over a month since his arrest, without access to an independent lawyer or a fair trial.

@✡︎𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬🇮🇷🇮🇱: 🚨Don’t stop talking about Iran The Islamic Republic kidnapped another Iranian woman in broad daylight. Leila Jafarloo, born in 1990, was arrested on April 24 while returning from Tehran to her fami

Leila Jafarloo, a 35-year-old Iranian woman, was kidnapped by intelligence forces linked to the IRGC on April 24 while traveling from Tehran to Zanjan. No official charges or legal process has been provided, and her whereabouts remain unknown 20 days after her abduction.

@✡︎𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬🇮🇷🇮🇱: ⚡ 🇦🇺👑Don’t stop talking about Iran Day 30 of the No to Executions performance in Sydney. No to the Islamic Republic. Regime change now. Stop every execution. Free all political prisoners. Free inte

On day 30, protesters in Sydney continued a performance against executions and in support of regime change, calling for the end to political prisoner detention and torture, and the return of the monarchy under Shahanshah Reza II.

@اتاق خبر منوتو: Mizan, the news agency affiliated with the Islamic Republic's judiciary, reported the execution of Mohammad Abbasi, one of the detainees from the nationwide protests of Dey 1401. Mizan wrote that Moh

Mizan, the news agency affiliated with the Islamic Republic's judiciary, reported the execution of Mohammad Abbasi at dawn on Wednesday, May 13, in Qezel Hesar Prison. Abbasi was arrested during the Dey 1401 protests in Malard and sentenced to death by Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court on charges of "moharebeh."

@Open Source Intel: The Senate is currently voting on Kevin Warsh's confirmation as Federal Reserve Chair.

The U.S. Senate is currently voting on Kevin Warsh's confirmation as the next Federal Reserve Chair.

@ايران اينترنشنال: Abbas Araghchi, the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic, in response to the arrest of four individuals "affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps" in Kuwait, wrote on the social netwo

Abbas Araghchi, the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, accused Kuwait of detaining four individuals affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and attacking an Iranian boat in the Persian Gulf near an island used by the United States to launch attacks on Iran. Araghchi called for the immediate release of the detainees and warned that Iran reserves the right to respond.

@ايران اينترنشنال: The human rights website HRANA reported that the death sentence of Mohammad Abbasi, one of the detainees from the nationwide protests of Dey 1401, was carried out at dawn on Wednesday in Rajai Shahr P

The human rights website HRANA reported on May 13 that the death sentence of Mohammad Abbasi, a detainee from the nationwide protests of Dey 1401, was carried out at dawn on Wednesday in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj.

@ايران اينترنشنال: The New York Times reported that, during the Iran war, Gulf states have detained more than 100 Shiites on charges of treason. Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain are among the countries whe

The New York Times reported that Gulf states, including Kuwait, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates, have detained more than 100 Shiites on charges of treason during the Iran war. In Bahrain, 69 people were stripped of their citizenship and 41 others were detained, including 37 Shiite clerics accused of ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; in the UAE, 27 people were accused of membership in a "Shiite terrorist organization."

@ایران وایر: Viresh Moradi, a Kurdish political prisoner held in Evin Prison, has been sentenced to six months of ta'zir imprisonment on charges of "propaganda against the regime." According to a statement from t

Viresh Moradi, a Kurdish political prisoner held in Evin Prison, has been sentenced to six months of ta'zir imprisonment on charges of "propaganda against the regime," related to writings and letters published around the anniversary of the "Woman, Life, Freedom" uprising, according to a statement from the Campaign for the Defense of Viresh Moradi's Freedom.

@Open Source Intel: Gulf states exposed 12+ Iranian cells in 27 days across the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait. Kuwait yesterday arrested four IRGC-linked Iranians attempting sea infiltration. Tehran denies it. Emirate

Gulf states uncovered 12 or more Iranian cells in 27 days across the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait; Kuwait specifically arrested four IRGC-linked Iranians attempting sea infiltration yesterday. Tehran denies the involvement.