Relatives of political prisoners and members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) have reportedly been summoned, interrogated, and threatened in recent weeks, as authorities increase pressure on families amid a continuing wave of executions and political prosecutions.
According to reports released this week, Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence summoned the family of political prisoner Marzieh Farsi, who is currently held in Evin Prison, on May 24. Family members were reportedly subjected to several hours of interrogation, threats, insults, and psychological pressure.
According to the reports, interrogators warned the family against maintaining contact with other families of political prisoners or PMOI members.
The reported interrogation is part of a broader pattern affecting relatives of political prisoners and opposition supporters. Over the past two weeks, the families of political prisoners and PMOI supporters, including the families of Sedigheh Moradi, Azar Karvandi, and executed PMOI member Akbar Daneshvarkar, have also reportedly been summoned and questioned by intelligence authorities.
Reports say some family members were threatened with the confiscation of property and inheritance rights, while others were warned that additional relatives could face arrest.
According to the reports, intelligence officials also pressured family members to participate in proceedings linked to a renewed mass trial involving the PMOI and 104 members of the Iranian opposition. Relatives were allegedly asked to appear in court and give statements against the organization, while being warned that refusal could result in the seizure of assets or further arrests within their families.
The reported pressure campaign comes amid a broader escalation in political prosecutions. Since July 2025, ten members of the PMOI have been executed, including Hamed Validi and Mohammad Massoum-Shahi on April 20, 2026, as well as Vahid Baniamerian, Pouya Ghobadi, Babak Alipour, Mohammad Taghavi, Akbar Daneshvarkar, and Abolhassan Montazer, several of whom were executed between March 30 and April 4, 2026.
At the same time, at least 20 protesters linked to the January 2026 uprising have been executed since March, according to compiled reports, while additional political prisoners remain under sentence of death. Rights advocates and legal experts have warned that more detainees arrested during the uprising could face execution.
The pressure on families has coincided with increasingly hardline rhetoric from senior officials. On April 28, Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Eje’i called for faster implementation of rulings in security-related cases, arguing that delays weaken deterrence. On May 21, regime MP Hamid Rasaei urged the judiciary to establish wartime-style courts, accelerate punishments, and expand public executions. The latest reports suggest that alongside arrests, executions, and prison sentences, authorities are also extending pressure to the relatives of political prisoners and opposition supporters.