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UK Rejects Prisoner Swap To Free Brit Couple After Iran Demands Release Of Iranian-Born 'Worst Stalker'

The UK has ruled out a prisoner swap as pressure mounts over the detention of British couple Craig and Lindsay Foreman in Iran, amid claims linking their case to an Iranian-born convicted offender.

International Business Times UK · Jun 8

Louis Arnaud, former French hostage in Iran, describes Evin prison as 'the den of evil'

Speaking to Euronews, Louis Arnaud says the memories of Evin Prison continue to haunt him, as he recalls a place where captives are crammed into windowless cells and where the lights never go out.

Euronews · Apr 28

Update in case of journalist imprisoned in Iran for three months

A Japanese national, detained in Iran since January, has been released on bail. Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said the release was verified on Monday, with Japan now pressing Iranian authorities for a full release of the individual, believed to be a journalist for Japan’s public broadcaster, NHK. The Committee…

The Independent UK · Apr 7

Israel-Iran war: Tehran's notorious Evin Prison 'hit' in fresh missile salvo

Israel says its latest targets included the notorious Evin Prison and the security headquarters of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guards

Evening Standard · Jun 23, 2025

Sister says jailed French couple in Iran are at breaking point

Locked in a windowless cell with the lights on day and night, French teacher Cécile Kohler and her partner Jacques Paris on Wednesday marked three years in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison. As the anniversary passes, Kohler’s sister has told RFI their situation is unbearable and deteriorating fast.

Radio France Internationale · May 7, 2025

Iranian Female Political Prisoners Urge End to Protester Executions

A group of female political prisoners incarcerated in Iran’s notorious Evin prison have published a letter expressing their condemnation of the regime issuing and implementing death sentences against protesters. So far, Iranian authorities have executed four demonstrators. “We, the political and ideological prisoners in the women's ward of Evin Prison,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 23, 2023

American detained in Iran launches hunger strike to mark seven years in captivity

‘I remain caged in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, holding that long overdue IOU along with the unenviable title of the longest held Iranian-American hostage in history’

The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2023

Iran Releases Oscar-Winning Film Actress Held over Protests

Iran released a prominent actress from an Oscar-winning film on Wednesday, nearly three weeks after she was jailed for criticizing a crackdown on anti-government protests, local reports said. Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency said Taraneh Alidoosti, the 38-year-old star of Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winning “The Salesman,” was released on bail. Her…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 4, 2023

US Slaps New Sanctions on Iranian Officials over Protest Crackdown

The United States on Wednesday targeted Iranian officials, including those overseeing Tehran's Evin prison and others in new sanctions on Iran over internet censorship and a crackdown on protests ignited by Mahsa Amini's death in police custody. Demonstrations following 22-year-old's death in custody on Sept. 16 have become one of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 26, 2022

Inside notorious and deadly Iran prison as prisoner shares 12-hour interrogations

Anoosheh Ashoori was sentenced to spent time at Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran, in August 2017 where he spent nearly five years - he returned to the UK in March of this year

Daily Mirror · Oct 25, 2022