Overview
- Rights groups say security forces are continuing nationwide sweeps, detaining protesters as well as reformist politicians, doctors, lawyers and journalists.
- HRANA reports more than 53,000 arrests since December and over 7,000 people killed, contrasting with a UN-cited toll of 3,117 deaths acknowledged by Iranian authorities.
- The HRW report documents torture, denial of counsel and forced disappearances, naming FARAJA, the Revolutionary Guards, the Intelligence Ministry and plainclothes agents as perpetrators.
- Monitors describe off-the-record black box detention sites and widespread coerced confessions, with Amnesty warning that detained children face possible death sentences.
- The report’s release coincides with criticism of Iranian diplomat Afsaneh Nadipour’s appointment to a UN rights panel and with new prison time reported for Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi.