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Since Dec 28, 2025, Iran’s authorities have responded to nationwide protests driven by poverty and injustice with live fire, torture, and mass repression.
At least 8 protesters—including a 15-year-old child—have been killed by direct gunfire.
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Special Report: The Bloody Crackdown on the January 2026 Uprising
Regime Survival at the Cost of a Bloodbath The nationwide uprising, which began on December 28, 2025, in response to
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January 3, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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Iran HRM Annual Report 2025
Findings show that in 2025, repression in Iran shifted from reactive crackdowns to a coordinated, structural system of governance.
#StopExecutionsInIran @drmaisato.bsky.social @dpruoxford.bsky.social
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Annual Report on Human Rights Violations in Iran 2025 – Section One
Coordinated Intensification of Structural Repression Under the Clerical Regime Overview of the Human Rights Situation in Iran in 2025 Repression
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January 3, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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📊 December 2025 Iran Uprising, A Comprehensive Report on State Repression
Protests spread to 32+ cities after the rial collapsed to 1.45M/USD.
Authorities responded with live fire, mass arrests & internet blackouts.
Killings and grave human rights violations persist.
iran-hrm.com/2026/01/02/t...
December 2025 Iran Uprising: A Comprehensive Report on State Repression
Economic Collapse and the Spark of Nationwide Unrest Since December 28, 2025, Iran has been engulfed in a wave of
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January 2, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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December 2025 marked a sharp escalation in executions, repression of political prisoners, and inhumane prison conditions in Iran.
At least 376 executions, including 10 women
We urge for UN urgent intervention to save political prisoners on death row and halt executions
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Iran HRM Monthly Report – December 2025
The month of December 2025 witnessed a severe and escalating wave of human rights violations across Iran, characterized by an
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January 1, 2026 at 9:19 AM
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On behalf of our team, we send warm wishes for a joyful holiday season and renewed strength in our shared commitment to human rights.
May 2026 bring a safer world—free from the death penalty.
#happyholidays
December 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Where law is used to normalize death, the line between justice and repression disappears, revealing how executions in Iran function as instruments of fear, discrimination for its survival.
Read the article:
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The Death Penalty under the Rule of the “Islamic Republic”
By Mohammad Nahid (Human Rights Activist)* The death penalty in the Islamic Republic of Iran has consistently been one of
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December 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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The #NoDeathPenaltyTuesdays has entered 100th week on Christmas Eve. Women's ward off Yazd Prison has joins the ongoing hunger strike campaign in 55 prisons nationwide.
Resistance comes as executions in Iran surpass 2,000 in 2025.
iran-hrm.com/2025/12/23/t...
The 100th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign in 55 Prisons Across Iran
On Tuesday, December 23, 2025, the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign marks its 100th week, and with the women's ward
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December 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Amid a tsunami of executions in 2025, 61 women were executed in Iran.
In just the last five months, 35 women—almost one every four days.

This escalation reflects the systematic and accelerating use of capital punishment as a tool of repression.

#StopExecutionsInIran
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Iran’s Unprecedented and Alarming Surge in the Execution of Women
According to the latest consolidated data, at least 1,791 people were executed in Iran from the beginning of 2025 through
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December 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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1,956 executions recorded until 15 December 2025, keeping Iran the world’s leading executioner per capita.
While executions are used as a tool of fear, repression, and control, silence enables this ongoing crime. We urge for accountability
#StopExecutionsInIran
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December 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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From lethal COVID-19 policies and concealed mass deaths to profiteering in vaccines, soaring drug prices, and the denial of medical care in prisons, our report documents a systematic violation of the right to health in Iran. @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social
iran-hrm.com/2025/12/16/s...
Systematic Violation of the Right to Health in Iran
From a Strategy of “Human Casualties” During COVID-19 to the Black Market in Medicines and the Silent Death of Sick
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December 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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The 5th report in our corruption series exposes Iran’s prisons as organized economic hubs: forced labor, IRGC-linked contracts, drug networks, and profit extraction from detainees. Prisons are central to the regime’s corruption and control system. @gtconway.bsky.social
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Network of Corruption in the Ruling Regime – Part 5
Structural Corruption in Prisons: The Hidden Economy, Forced Labor, and the Role of the IRGC, Judiciary, and Prisoners’ Cooperative Foundation
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December 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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The 4th series on systemic corruption reveals how Iran's judiciary is a central pillar of impunity, repression, and corruption rather than a guardian of justice. It protects powerful networks and political elites, enabling widespread abuses...
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iran-hrm.com/2025/12/13/t...
The Network of Corruption in the Mullahs’ Regime – Part 4
Structural Corruption in the Mullahs’ Regime: Hidden Mechanisms of Power in Iran Corruption in Iran’s governing structure is not confined
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December 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Our latest report shows trafficking of women and children embedded in Iran's security apparatus, with protected routes, administrative collusion, and victims punished instead of perpetrators...
Documented failure and official complicity.
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Security Corruption and Human Trafficking – Part 3
This report is the third part of our analytical series on the structure of corruption within the ruling regime in
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December 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Our 2nd series on systemic economic corruption in Iran:
From EIKO’s $95B empire and Astan Quds’ tax-exempt monopolies to IRGC’s Khatam HQ taking 5,000 projects without tender, Iran’s wealth is locked in a closed loop of rent, monopoly, and political patronage.
iran-hrm.com/2025/12/11/s...
Structural Economic Corruption in Iran – part2
This report constitutes the second part of a five-section analytical series examining the structure of corruption in Iran. The first
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December 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Corruption in Iran is not just an economic crime — it’s a direct assault on human rights.
Our new report exposes how systemic theft fuels repression.
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The Corruption Network in the Mullahs’ Regime in Iran :  Structure and Hidden Functions of Power
December 9, the International Anti-Corruption Day, is a reminder that corruption is not merely an economic offense; it is a
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December 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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On #HumanRightsDay, Iran faces one of its darkest years in decades. Our 2025 Annual Assessment shows a systematic, escalating pattern of violations.
🔴 1,791 executions in 11 months, highest in 40 years
@drmaisato.bsky.social #StopExecutionsinIran #StandUp4HumanRights
iran-hrm.com/2025/12/09/t...
Widespread and Systematic Pattern of Human Rights Violations in Iran
Annual Assessment – 2025 On the occasion of Human Rights Day, the human rights situation in Iran has once again
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December 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, a 30-yr-old boxing champion, has been moved to solitary confinement in Vakilabad Prison.
All phone lines have been cut — a known pre-execution tactic in Iran’s prisons. His family warns his life is in immediate danger. @drmaisato.bsky.social
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Immediate Risk to the Life of Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani
Credible reports from Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad indicate that Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, a political prisoner sentenced to death, was
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December 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Iran faced one of the deadliest months on record.
We have documented an unprecedented 336 executions in November 2025—an average of 11 hangings per day, including 9 women.
#stopexecutionsiniran
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December 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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New data from Iran’s prisons reveals a shocking surge in women jailed for small financial debts — not for crimes, but for the collapsing economy and lack of social protection.
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Rising Number of Incarcerated Women for Financial Debt in Iran
Recent data from prisons across Iran offers a stark picture of the unprecedented rise in women imprisoned for financial debt;
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December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Another judge of death in Iran’s machinery of repression:
Seyed Hadi Mansouri, head of Branch 4 of the Mashhad Revolutionary Court, has been at the center of issuing rushed death sentences and brutal rulings—especially during the 2022 protests. @juristnews.bsky.social
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Death Judges in Iran – Part Nine
Seyed Hadi Mansouri, the head judge of Branch 4 of the Mashhad Revolutionary Court, is one of the central judicial
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December 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Iran just recorded its deadliest month of executions in nearly four decades.
At least 336 people were hanged in November — 9 women, 2 public hangings, and multiple mass executions across 35 cities.
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Iran Human Rights Monthly Report — November 2025
The month of November 2025 witnessed a shocking surge in the Iranian regime's use of capital punishment, reaching at least
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December 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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The case files under Judge Assef al-Hosseini reveal a systematic pattern: torture, coerced confessions, closed-door hearings, and death verdicts rushed through without evidence.
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Death Judges in Iran – Part 8
The judicial and security conduct of Judge Seyyed Mousa Assef al-Hosseini in political, security, and protest-related cases of 2022 has
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November 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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In this edition, we expose Seyyed Mousa Assef al-Hosseini, head of Branch 1 of Karaj Revolutionary Court, who played a direct role in the execution of Mohammad Mehdi Karami & Mohammad Hosseini, & oversaw sham trials against 15 detained children after 2022 Karaj protests.
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Judges of Death – Part 7
Seyyed Mousa Assef al-Hosseini, the head of Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court of Karaj, is one of the most
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November 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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On #UniversalChildrensDay, Iran’s children face anything but safety.
The regime executes juveniles, killed dozens of children in 2022, fuels child marriage, trafficking, forced labor, poverty, and discrimination—especially against girls and minorities. iran-hrm.com/2025/11/19/l...
Lost Childhoods in Iran
On the International Day of the Child In many countries around the world, the International Day of the Child is
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November 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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On World Day for the Prevention of Child Sexual Exploitation, we expose the hidden crisis of sexual violence against children in Iran.
#EndChildSexualAbuse
Legalized child marriage, institutional secrecy, and impunity have left girls and boys defenseless. @unicef.org
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Sexual Violence and Exploitation Against Children Under the State Structure in Iran
18 November, the World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence, is a
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November 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM