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Human rights group petitions Germany to investigate Iranian crimes against ethnic minorities
International human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, have repeatedly documented the regime’s use of unlawful killings, torture, sexual violence, and arbitrary detention.
Trump accuses Iran of killing 75,000, says asking NATO for help during war was test
Iran executes monarchist accused of supporting Israel, Reza Pahlavi
Alireza Sepahi survived the gallows once, but the Islamic Republic came back for him - comment
Iran executes two men arrested over January 2026 protests, Mizan reports
Mizan said Alireza Sepahi and Alireza Raeisi were sentenced to death on charges including "membership in an armed rebel group, and waging war against God through carrying weapons."
Iran executes detainee for participating in January anti-regime protests, judiciary says
Iran's judiciary claimed that Siavash Jamshidi Kheirabadi fired at least three shots at police on January 8 and was arrested two days later with a handgun in Shahrekord in southwestern Iran.
In their own voice: How Iran’s citizens documented January's massacres in Manoto documentary
IRAN AFFAIRS: There is now another account of those weeks by the Iranians who were living through them, one that was recorded as events unfolded live.
Iranian students protest compulsory hijab, university costs as campus unrest returns
Iranian university students protested against compulsory hijab and worsening economic conditions, with Basij forces accused of threatening demonstrators during the campus gathering.
Bereaved Iranians respond to Pezeshkian's claims to UNGA that US, Israel armed January protesters
“Our people have been in the streets every night to defend our Iran and to prevent those incited and armed by the US and Israel from creating insecurity within the country,” Pezeshkian said.
UN probe finds Iran committed crimes against humanity in crackdown, cites US and Israel for strikes
The mission concluded that the suppression “went beyond a simple continuation of familiar patterns and represented a marked escalation in the use of lethal force and mass arrests.”
UN accuses US military of committing war crimes, Iranian regime of crimes against humanity
The US was accused of the targeting a school in the city of Minab and a sports center in the city of Lamerd, while the Iranian regime was accused of the handling protests.
'Women, Life, Freedom' Iran uprising survivors honor Mahsa Amini on anniversary of her death
‘The Woman, Life, Freedom uprising gave them an opportunity to say ‘no’ to a fascist system that treated women merely as slaves and always portrayed them as inferior to men.’
‘Last Breath’: The campaign giving Iran’s condemned a face and a name
This year, more than 950 people have been executed in Iran, including at least 29 people arrested in connection with January’s protests. Months later, scores are still at risk of execution.
Iran’s regime is increasingly forced to defend itself at home - opinion
Iran’s regime is increasingly turning its security apparatus inward as protests, armed opposition and internal threats put pressure on the IRGC.