Scholars say Iran intensified repressions, focused on hangings and an Internet blackout

Since the war with Israel, Iranian Police have claimed 21,000 arrests, while rights groups say the subsequent surge in executions echoes the run-up to the 1988 prison massacres.

Iranian flags fly as fire and smoke from an Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot rise, following Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025.

(photo credit: MAJID ASGARIPOUR/WANA/REUTERS)

ByJACOB WIRTSCHAFTER / THE MEDIA LINE

SEPTEMBER 21, 2025 05:28

Scholars say Iran intensified repressions, focused on hangings and an Internet blackout

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Scholars say Iran intensified repressions, focused on hangings and an Internet blackout

Since the war with Israel, Iranian Police have claimed 21,000 arrests, while rights groups say the subsequent surge in executions echoes the run-up to the 1988 prison massacres.

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