Prisoners

After the January massacre, the Islamic Republic accelerated executions, mass arrests, and systematic torture—including sexual violence—into a governing strategy designed...

A 21-year-old rapper from Astara recounts being summoned, detained, beaten, and pressured to sign forced confessions after joining the January...

Rights monitors report thousands killed and tens of thousands arrested in Iran’s January uprising, including over 160 children, amid forced...

Two firsthand accounts—from an unnamed city and from Shiraz—describe nights of gunfire and drones, street encirclement and arrests, a near-total...

Conflicting death and arrest figures, testimony of indiscriminate and targeted shooting, allegations of extortion for bodies, and a prolonged internet...

By warning of “Syriaization,” authorities shift blame to protesters, normalize unlimited force, and recycle the Syrian playbook: dehumanization, impunity, and...

After 11 days of protests, rights monitors report at least 38 deaths and 2,217 detentions, including many minors, alongside escalating...

Three eyewitness accounts from Tehran and Isfahan show teenagers leading protests, women shielding them, and security forces responding with pellets,...

A post-war currency shock sparked bazaar shutdowns in Tehran, then spread through cities and universities, becoming a broader confrontation over...

Aqil Keshavarz was executed on “Israel spying” charges amid a sharp rise in executions, post-war securitization, mass arrests, and expanding...