He became a folk hero in 1979 when he mounted an expedition that freed two employees from an Iranian prison.

The rescue of two Americans from an Iranian prison.

Solitary confinement, beatings and death in an Iranian prison.

Last year, you publicized allegations of sexual abuse inside Iranian prisons.

Simons organized a rescue mission and ultimately freed the two men from the Iranian prison.

It was one of the oldest Iranian political prisons.

According to official figures, more than 100,000 people are held in Iranian prisons, 5 percent of whom are women.

She joins other human rights attorneys who are detained and imprisoned in Iranian prisons.

Iranian prisons were not noted for their amenities.

She had been arrested on June 23 while taking photographs outside an Iranian prison.