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Iran: Horrifying execution exposes 'imminent risk' of other protesters facing the death penaltyAuthorities brutally acting on their public threats to expedite executions
08 Dec 2022 Press release -
Iran: authorities 'passing the buck' on compulsory veiling laws06 Dec 2022 Press release -
Iran: UN resolution to investigate protest crackdown welcomed24 Nov 2022 Press release
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Iran: sham capital trials being held against at least 21 people - new researchAt 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…
16 Nov 2022 Press release -
Iran: more than 760,000 people support UN investigation - new petition03 Nov 2022 Press release
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Iran: UN must act now after brutal killings of eight protesters in less than 24 hoursThousands of people gathered across the country to mark the 40th day after Mahsa Amini’s death in custody
27 Oct 2022 Press release -
Iran/UK: return of Morad Tahbaz to Evin Prison is 'terrible news'26 Oct 2022 Press release
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Iran: Authorities continue to try to ‘crush the spirit of resistance’ killing at least 23 children14 Oct 2022 Press release -
UK: demo outside Iranian Embassy in London to mark one month of protests12 Oct 2022 Press release
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Iran: at least 82 protesters and bystanders killed in bloody crackdown in BaluchistanThe 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…
06 Oct 2022 Press release -
Iran: Leaked documents reveal highest military body ordered troops to crush protests at any costDocuments 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…
30 Sep 2022 Press release -
UK: Anoosheh Ashoori running London Marathon to help free Britons jailed in Iran29 Sep 2022 Press release
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Iran: Death toll rising in 'alarming' crackdown on protestsRisk 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…
24 Sep 2022 Press release -
Iran: leaders gathered at UN must act over Mahsa Amini's death and anti-protest violenceAmnesty 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…
21 Sep 2022 Press release -
Afghans fleeing Taliban shot at, detained and sent back at Iranian and Turkish borders - new reportIranian security forces killed 11 people - including 16-year-old boy - though death toll likely to be significantly higher
31 Aug 2022 Press release -
UK: Salman Rushdie attack 'a reminder of the importance of freedom of expression'
UK: Salman Rushdie attack 'a reminder of the importance of freedom of expression'
15 Aug 2022 Press release -
Iran: security forces used 'militarised' response to peaceful food protests03 Aug 2022 Press release
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Iran: Officials must be held accountable for 'cruel punishment' of amputating fingers
A special guillotine machine installed in Evin prison to amputate fingers
29 Jul 2022 Press release -
Iran: more than 250 people executed in first six months of 2022The 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…
27 Jul 2022 Press release -
Iran/Sweden: life sentence for 1988 prison massacres is 'step toward justice'14 Jul 2022 Press release
