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During protests in response to the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, Iran’s authorities have used violence, killing dozens, with impunity. Now, they are using the death penalty as a tool of political repression against a generation of courageous protesters.

Recent unrest follows decades of human rights violations in Iran. On the ground, Iranian people are calling for: Zan, Zendegi, Azadi (Woman, Life, Freedom)- a global rallying cry in the face of brutal repression.

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19,694 people called on the Iranian Embassy in the UK to stop the repression

Many thanks to the tens of thousands of you who took action for the Iranian Embassy in the UK to stop the repression. Your response has been incredible.

Iran: Leaked documents reveal highest military body ordered troops to crush protests at any cost

Documents obtained by Amnesty reveal authorities were instructed to “severely confront” protesters at any cost. The Iranian authorities knowingly decided to harm or kill people who took to the streets to express their anger at decades of repression and injustice.

Iran: Authorities continue to try to ‘crush the spirit of resistance’ killing at least 23 children

Children represent 16% of the deaths recorded by Amnesty, So far, Amnesty has recorded the names and details of 144 men, women and children killed by Iran’s security forces during the protests between 19 September and 3 October, but believes the death toll to be higher.
Anoosheh's story

"No one should be left behind" - Anoosheh 2 years after Evin Prison release

Why Anoosheh Ashoori is still fighting to free all unjustly imprisoned British nationals abroad
Sarina's Legacy

Honoring Sarina Esmailzadeh, Iranian protester and YouTube creator, on her 17th Birthday

Sarina Esmailzadeh was a brave, creative & inspiring young woman. 2 July 2023 is be her 17th birthday. She was killed by Iranian authorities with impunity, fighting for dignity in Iran. Share her legacy.
Briefing

Deadly Repression of the Ongoing Popular Uprising in Iran

The horrifying execution of young protesters, Mohsen Shekari and Majidreza Rahnavard following expedited and grossly unfair sham trials, shows how authorities are acting on public threats to expedite capital proceedings and carry out executions in an attempt to instill fear in the public.

Iran: New wave of brutal attacks against Baluchi protesters and worshippers

Eyewitness testimonies share children as young as ten beaten and detained

Iran: Authorities using 'sinister' tactics to silence victims' families ahead of uprising's one-year anniversary - new research

The graves of ‘Woman Life Freedom’ activists vandalised with tar, paint and arson and headstones broken

Iran: Authorities must drop death penalty and false charges facing tortured protesters

Protesters accused of inciting arson or vandalism by dancing, clapping, chanting or throwing headscarves into bonfires

Iran: Execution of Alireza Akbari condemned

Once again, the Iranian authorities show how pitifully little respect they have for the right to life

Iran: families of children killed by security forces facing 'relentless intimidation' - report

Grieving relatives pressured into giving false accounts in media interviews and prevented from holding customary funerals

Iran: Horrifying execution exposes 'imminent risk' of other protesters facing the death penalty

Authorities brutally acting on their public threats to expedite executions

Iran: authorities 'passing the buck' on compulsory veiling laws

Abusive, discriminatory and degrading forced veiling laws enables the harassment and assault of women and girls on a daily basis

Iran: sham capital trials being held against at least 21 people - new research

At least 21 are at risk of the death penalty in Iran. The Iranian authorities must immediately quash all death sentences, refrain from seeking the imposition of the death penalty and drop all charges against those arrested in connection with their peaceful participation in protests.

Iran: UN must act now after brutal killings of eight protesters in less than 24 hours

Thousands of people gathered across the country to mark the 40th day after Mahsa Amini’s death in custody 
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Iran: at least 82 protesters and bystanders killed in bloody crackdown in Baluchistan

The Iranian security forces unlawfully killed at least 66 people - including children - and injured hundreds of others after firing live ammunition, metal pellets and teargas at protesters, bystanders and worshippers during a violent crackdown after Friday prayers on 30 September in the city of Zahedan in Sistan and Baluchistan province.

Iran: Death toll rising in 'alarming' crackdown on protests

Risk of further bloodshed amid a deliberately imposed internet black out. The bravery of protesters facing a spiralling deadly response by the Iranian security forces after the death of Mahsa Amini reveals the extent of outrage in Iran over abusive compulsory veiling laws, unlawful killings, and widespread repression.

Iran: leaders gathered at UN must act over Mahsa Amini's death and anti-protest violence

Amnesty International has called on world leaders gathered at the UN General Assembly in New York to support international action against Iran amid an ongoing crackdown against largely peaceful protests in the country following the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini last week.

Afghans fleeing Taliban shot at, detained and sent back at Iranian and Turkish borders - new report

Iranian security forces killed 11 people - including 16-year-old boy - though death toll likely to be significantly higher

Iran: Officials must be held accountable for 'cruel punishment' of amputating fingers

A special guillotine machine installed in Evin prison to amputate fingers
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Iran: more than 250 people executed in first six months of 2022

The Iranian authorities have embarked on a “staggering” wave of executions in the first six months of this year, with at least 251 put to death often in groups of ten or more at a time, according to new research by Amnesty International and the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran.