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Category: Prisoners
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Executions in Iran: From Protest Cases to the “No to Executions on Tuesdays” Campaign
Iran’s judiciary executed several protest-related prisoners in one week, while prisoners across 56 prisons continued their collective hunger strike against the death penalty. In…
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Thirteen Political Prisoners Executed in Forty Days of War, More Face Death Sentences
At least fourteen political prisoners were executed amid war and securitization, while more protesters—from Bukan to Mashhad—remain under sentence of death or at imminent…
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Under the Cover of War, Iran’s Execution Machine Targets Political Prisoners
As war escalates, Iran is using secrecy, speed, and fear to intensify executions of political prisoners and January uprising detainees. As the war by…
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Back to Campus, Back to Protest: A New Student Wave After the January Uprising
As campuses reopened, students launched sit-ins, memorial assemblies, and anti-regime chants—met by Basij-led disruption, arrests, mass summons, and a rapid push to move classes…
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Day 46 After the Protests Began: 7,002 Dead, Repression Expands from Streets to Courts
HRANA reports 7,002 confirmed deaths by day 46; arrests and injuries climb, release is coerced, and child-rights activists demand remembrance and accountability for killed…
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The Engineering of Terror: Executions, Sexual Torture, Enforced Disappearance
After the January massacre, the Islamic Republic accelerated executions, mass arrests, and systematic torture—including sexual violence—into a governing strategy designed to instill terror. The…
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Summoned, Detained, Beaten: A 21-Year-Old Rapper’s Testimony From Inside Iran
A 21-year-old rapper from Astara recounts being summoned, detained, beaten, and pressured to sign forced confessions after joining the January nationwide protests. A young…
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Iran’s January Uprising: Mass Killings, Child Deaths, and a Deepening Detention Crisis
Rights monitors report thousands killed and tens of thousands arrested in Iran’s January uprising, including over 160 children, amid forced confessions, medical intimidation, and…
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Gunpowder in the Body’s Memory: A narrative from inside Iran
Two firsthand accounts—from an unnamed city and from Shiraz—describe nights of gunfire and drones, street encirclement and arrests, a near-total communications blackout, and deepening…
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Iran’s January 2026 Crackdown: Disputed Death Tolls, a Prolonged Internet Blackout, and Escalating Repression
Conflicting death and arrest figures, testimony of indiscriminate and targeted shooting, allegations of extortion for bodies, and a prolonged internet blackout point to a…
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“Syriaization” as a Weapon: How Tehran Justifies Mass Killing
By warning of “Syriaization,” authorities shift blame to protesters, normalize unlimited force, and recycle the Syrian playbook: dehumanization, impunity, and violence framed as necessity.…
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Day 11 of Iran’s Nationwide Protests: A Human Rights Brief on Killings, Arrests, and Injuries
After 11 days of protests, rights monitors report at least 38 deaths and 2,217 detentions, including many minors, alongside escalating violence, intimidation, and hospital…