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This undated photo provided by the family in July 2026 shows Mandana Sotoudeh, left, and her sister Mahsa Sotoudeh. (Courtesy Roya Basiri via AP)
July 13, 2026, 3:50 pm
Iran increasingly scapegoats Baha’i minority, including accusing members of spying for Israel
Rights groups say anti-government protests, war with US and Israel prompted Islamic Republic to publicly incite against the faith, arrest dozens of its members, some without charge
By FATMA KHALED
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
This photograph shows portrait placards of Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, two French citizens detained in Iran, set up on a fence of the French National Assembly, in Paris, France, on October 6, 2025. (Martin LELIEVRE / AFP)
April 7, 2026, 9:57 pm
French couple allowed to leave Iran after more than three years in detention
Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, who were arrested in 2022 and charged with espionage, departed with French ambassador at dawn for Azerbaijan, says source
By AFP
This picture shows the destruction at Evin prison in Tehran after Israeli airstrikes in June, on July 1, 2025. (AFP)
March 8, 2026, 12:34 am
Families of US detainees in Iran fear they risk becoming collateral damage in war
Six Americans are believed held by Tehran, including at Evin Prison; relatives say airstrikes, poor medical care and possible retaliation put them at growing risk
By AP
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
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 screen grab taken from an Instagram post from June 24, 2025, shows Lennart Monterlos in a photo taken at an unknown location. (Instagram screenshot/AFP)
July 11, 2025, 8:37 am
Iran confirms it arrested 16-year-old French-German biker last month
Iranian foreign minister says Lennart Monterlos is held for ‘committing an offense’ while biking through Iran; France accuses Tehran of detaining foreigners as bargaining chips
By AFP
Portraits of French national Cecile Kohler (L) currently imprisoned in Iran with her partner French national Jacques Paris (C) along with a placard reading "Freedom for Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris arbitrarily detained in Iran for over two years in appalling conditions" outside the Palais Bourbon, France's National Assembly, in Paris, on March 25, 2025. (Bertrand GUAY / AFP)
July 3, 2025, 4:24 pm
France says decision on Iran sanctions hinges on release of imprisoned two nationals
French FM says freeing detainees Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris a priority; family says pair have been charged with spying on behalf of Mossad
By AFP
This image obtained from the Iranian news agency IRNA on October 16, 2022, shows a fire truck in front of Evin Prison, in the northwest of the Iranian capital Tehran. (AFP)
June 18, 2025, 11:45 pm
Families of prisoners held in Iran are ‘truly terrified’ for loved ones amid conflict
Noemie Kohler, whose sister Cecile is held in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, says she believes she ‘must have heard the explosions,’ but is ‘completely in the dark’ about her fate
By Stuart Williams and Pauline Froissart
Relatives rally in Paris in support of French nationals being held by Iran Cecile Kohler, Jacques Paris and Olivier Grondeau on February 1, 2025. (Sébastien Dupuy/AFP)
May 16, 2025, 12:09 pm
France issues complaint against Iran at ICJ over detained citizens
Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris were detained on espionage charges in 2022; move comes as France set to meet with Iran in Turkey over Iranian nuclear program
By AFP 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)
February 15, 2025, 6:08 pm
Family of UK couple detained in Iran express ‘serious concern’ for their welfare
Craig and Lindsay Foreman held on security-related charges after being arrested while motorcycling around world; Tehran has long been accused of taking Westerns as hostages
By AP
Illustraive: People act as political prisoners during a protest against the regime in Iran outside United Nations headquarters during the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 19, 2023 in New York City. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images/AFP)
January 22, 2025, 3:05 pm
Iran claims Swiss man who died by suicide in prison had photographed military sites
After Bern demanded probe into death of tourist who was arrested on suspicion of espionage, Tehran says 64-year-old entered Iran ‘in a car fitted with various technical equipment’
By Agencies
French citizen Louis Arnaud, who was imprisoned in Iran, flanked by his mother and father upon arrival at Le Bourget Airport, north of Paris, on June 13, 2024. (LCI/POOL/AFP)
June 13, 2024, 12:22 pm
French citizen Louis Arnaud arrives in Paris after release from Iranian prison
Arnaud was held on national security charges after coming to Iran as tourist in 2022; France’s FM says diplomats working to free several others imprisoned by Tehran
By AFP
Louis Arnaud, 35, who was arrested on September 28, 2022, as he was visiting Iran. He was sentenced to five years in prison in November 2023 on national security charges. (Handout/FAMILY HANDOUT/AFP)
November 8, 2023, 6:15 pm
Iran jails French tourist for 5 years on national security charges; appeal filed
Paris calls verdict for Louis Arnaud ‘unacceptable,’ calls for release of all its nationals; family describes him as ‘passionate traveler,’ says he steered clear of Iran’s politics
By AFP
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