Amid ongoing United States and Israeli airstrikes targeting the Iranian regime’s military and security facilities, authorities are actively keeping thousands of prisoners, including political dissidents, in the line of fire. Following the massive nationwide uprisings of December 2025 to January 2026, the regime filled its dungeons with protesters, human rights defenders, students, and minorities.

Now, as war rages across the country, instead of ensuring their safety, the regime is refusing to grant humanitarian release to these individuals, knowingly placing them at risk of death or serious harm amidst the ongoing bombardments.

Starvation, neglect, and inhumane confinement

The situation at Fashafouyeh Prison (Greater Tehran Central Penitentiary) is highly critical. Bombardments have destroyed a section of the prison, including its food storage, leaving inmates with a severe shortage of medicine and basic necessities. Prisoners currently receive only one meal a day. Fearful of the bombings, many prison officials and guards have abandoned their posts, leaving inmates neglected........

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