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From left, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pose after signing a trilateral defense agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, August 7, 2026. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)
August 10, 2026, 7:56 pm
Iran claims Saudi-Pakistan-Turkey deal shows ‘change in perception’ toward US
Tehran says pact demonstrates regional US allies believe they ‘cannot rely’ on Washington; also says Hormuz talks ‘progressing smoothly,’ prepared for Trump’s ‘chess’ games; Iranian president describes ‘7-hour meeting’ with Khamenei
By Agencies, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
A undated handout picture released by the family of Craig and Lindsay Foreman through Britain's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in London on February 15, 2025, shows Craig and Lindsay Foreman posing for a selfie photograph at an unknown location. (Photo by Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office/AFP)
June 2, 2026, 8:33 pm
British couple held in Iran lose appeal against 10-year prison sentence
Tourists Craig and Lindsay Foreman have been held on espionage charges since January 2025; family say they weren’t allowed to attend their own appeal hearing
By Reuters
Illustrative: The visitors' room at Evin Prison in Tehran, damaged on June 23, 2025, by Israeli airstrikes, seen on July 1, 2025. (AFP)
March 17, 2026, 2:10 pm
UN report: Israeli strike on Iran’s notorious Evin Prison last year was a war crime
Probe says Israel guilty of ‘intentionally directing attacks against civilian object’; IDF: Strike carried out in precise manner to mitigate harm to imprisoned civilians
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A picture obtained from the Iranian Mizan News Agency on October 16, 2022 shows empty bunk beds inside the notorious Evin prison, northwest of the Iranian capital Tehran. (Koosha Mahshid Falahi / Mizan / AFP)
February 25, 2026, 2:24 pm
Bureau chief of Japanese public broadcaster reportedly arrested in Iran
Shinnosuke Kawashima, journalist for NHK, said to be held at notorious Evin Prison; Tokyo confirms citizen held, urges release
By AFP
Family and supporters of Lindsay and Craig Foreman, a British couple detained in Iran, march in London on January 3, 2026, to raise national awareness of the couple's ongoing detention and the need for urgent intervention. (Brook Mitchell / AFP)
February 19, 2026, 1:05 pm
Iran sentences British couple to 10 years in prison on espionage claims
Tourists Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both in their 50s, have been held since January 2025; UK blasts ‘appalling and totally unjustifiable’ sentences
By AFP
Illustrative: The visitors' room at Evin Prison in Tehran, damaged on June 23, 2025, by Israeli airstrikes, seen on July 1, 2025. (AFP)
November 8, 2025, 3:06 am
Iran jails Jewish Iranian-American for visiting Israel for son’s bar mitzvah 13 years ago
Kamran Hekmati, 70, was detained earlier this year during brief trip; is held in notorious Evin prison; US calls for his immediate release and that of three other jailed Americans
By Grace Gilson
People hold a banner reading "Freedom for Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris hostages in Iran since May 7, 2022," as they gather to celebrate the 41st birthday of Kohler, held in Iran since May 2022 on spying charges, in Paris, France, on September 25, 2025. (Bertrand GUAY / AFP)
November 5, 2025, 3:49 pm
French pair freed by Iran after 3 years in jail wait in Tehran for okay to go home
Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris thank Macron for efforts to release them; Tehran hopes Iranian freed from French prison after jailing on terror charges will also return home
By AFP
A worker hangs a banner showing portraits of the late Iranian armed forces commanders, Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, top, Gen. Gholamali Rashid, center, and Gen. Hossein Salami who were killed in Israeli strikes in June at Baharestan Square in Tehran, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
September 25, 2025, 8:21 pm
Female prisoner dies in Iranian jail; rights groups blame authorities’ neglect
Somayeh Rashidi, 42, dies six months after being jailed for writing anti-regime slogans; Iran says death due to earlier illness but NGOs say coma caused by denial of medical care
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: The visitors' room at Evin Prison in Tehran, damaged on June 23, 2025, by Israeli airstrikes, seen on July 1, 2025. (AFP)
August 23, 2025, 7:57 pm
Iran said to return some 600 inmates to notorious prison damaged in Israeli attack
New York Times says prisoners taken back to newly built wards at Evin Prison; inmate describes a ‘dark dungeon’
By ToI Staff
This picture shows the destruction at Evin prison in Tehran after Israeli airstrikes in June, on July 1, 2025. (AFP)
August 14, 2025, 4:11 pm
Human Rights Watch calls Israeli strike on Iran’s Evin Prison ‘apparent war crime’
Group says attack was ‘unlawfully indiscriminate’ and came without prior warning, accuses Islamic Republic of mistreating and disappearing prisoners after strike
By AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: An anti-Israel cartoon mocking Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is displayed at Palestine Square in central Tehran on July, 13, 2025. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
August 2, 2025, 10:34 pm
70-year-old Jewish man from New York said to be among four US citizens held by Iran
Iranian officials confirm to NYT that the unnamed detainee is one of two Americans taken into custody after Israel began strikes in June
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The visitors' room at Evin Prison in Tehran, damaged on June 23, 2025, by Israeli airstrikes, seen on July 1, 2025. (AFP)
July 22, 2025, 2:58 pm
Amnesty calls for war crimes probe into Israeli strike on Iran’s Evin Prison
Rights group charges that ‘deliberate’ airstrike during 12-day war, which Iran said killed 79 people, cannot be seen as ‘legal military objective’
By AFP
A man checks the debris at a room of Evin Prison's hospital, after Israeli air strikes the previous month, in Tehran, Iran, on July 1, 2025. (AFP)
July 6, 2025, 7:36 pm
Iran invites Western journalists to tour notorious Evin Prison after Israeli strikes
Analysis finds at least 43 prison staff, at least 4 civilians killed in attack that targeted administrative building, access gates, also hit hospital; NGO says 2 prisoners among dead
By ToI Staff
Anne Laure Paris (2nd-R) and Noemie Kohler (2nd-L), daughter of Jacques Paris and sister of Cecile Kohler (respectively), who are being held in Iran on espionage charges, speak during a press conference with their lawyers Martin Pradel (L) and Chirinne Ardakani (R) after the bombing of Evin prison in Iran, in Paris, on June 27, 2025. (Thibaud Moritz/AFP)
July 3, 2025, 6:39 am
Two French nationals detained in Iran charged with spying for Mossad, families say
Cecile Kohler and partner Jacques Paris also accused of ‘conspiracy to overthrow the regime’ and ‘corruption on earth,’ with all the charges carrying the death penalty
By AFP
Rescuers search through the rubble of a damaged section of Evin Prison following an Israeli strike the day before, in Tehran, Iran, June 24, 2025. (Mostafa Roudaki/Mizan News Agency/AP)
June 30, 2025, 1:31 pm
Israel’s strike on Iran’s Evin prison sparks fear for political prisoners
Detainees and their families say conditions for inmates are worse at facilities they were moved to after attack, raise concerns of what authorities might do next
By AP and ToI Staff
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