Crimson Winter · Iran 2026

⬤Saleh Mohammadi18 · Death Row ⬤Mohammad Amin Biglari19 · Death Row ⬤Matin Mohammadi17 · Minor Facing Execution ⬤Erfan Amiri17 · Minor Facing Execution ⬤Ehsan Hosseinipour18 · Trial مرگ بر خامنه‌ای ⬤Abolfazl Karimi35 · Told He Faces Death ⬤Shervin Bagherian Jebeli18 · Isfahan · Faces Execution ⬤Mohammad Abbasi55 · Moharebeh Charge ⬤Mehdi MahmoudianPalme d'Or screenwriter · Detained این گل پرپر شده هدیه به میهن است ⬤Vida RabbaniJournalist · Beaten in custody ⬤Azar MansouriReformist Leader · IRGC arrest ⬤Amirhossein Ghaderzadeh19 · Death Row ⬤Milad AzaghShot · Fate Unknown ⬤Babak MoradifarActivist · Detained ⬤Behnam OhadiPsychologist · Detained یک نفر کشته شد، هزار نفر پشتشه ⬤Mohammadreza BastaniFather of 2 · Disappeared ⬤Hassan Batrani32 · Ahvaz · Detained ⬤Sina Shams28 · Evin Prison می‌جنگیم، می‌میریم، ایران را پس می‌گیریم ⬤Siavash & Arash DavarzaniBrothers · Sabzevar ⬤Hamed Zahdi29 · Hamedan ⬤Saleh Mohammadi18 · Death Row ⬤Mohammad Amin Biglari19 · Death Row ⬤Matin Mohammadi17 · Minor Facing Execution ⬤Erfan Amiri17 · Minor Facing Execution ⬤Ehsan Hosseinipour18 · Trial مرگ بر خامنه‌ای ⬤Abolfazl Karimi35 · Told He Faces Death ⬤Shervin Bagherian Jebeli18 · Isfahan · Faces Execution ⬤Mohammad Abbasi55 · Moharebeh Charge ⬤Mehdi MahmoudianPalme d'Or screenwriter · Detained این گل پرپر شده هدیه به میهن است ⬤Vida RabbaniJournalist · Beaten in custody ⬤Azar MansouriReformist Leader · IRGC arrest ⬤Amirhossein Ghaderzadeh19 · Death Row ⬤Milad AzaghShot · Fate Unknown ⬤Babak MoradifarActivist · Detained ⬤Behnam OhadiPsychologist · Detained یک نفر کشته شد، هزار نفر پشتشه ⬤Mohammadreza BastaniFather of 2 · Disappeared ⬤Hassan Batrani32 · Ahvaz · Detained ⬤Sina Shams28 · Evin Prison می‌جنگیم، می‌میریم، ایران را پس می‌گیریم ⬤Siavash & Arash DavarzaniBrothers · Sabzevar ⬤Hamed Zahdi29 · Hamedan

Execution Imminent

On Death Row

Sentences handed down after torture-extracted confessions, blocked lawyers, and trials that lasted days. Executions in Iran are carried out without warning to families or lawyers. These people can be killed any morning.

21 People

Death Row · Public Hanging Sentence

#01

Saleh Mohammadi

18 years old · Qom · Sentenced February 4, 2026

Arrested and sentenced to public hanging within 3 weeks. Retracted his confession in court — told the judge it was extracted through beatings. The judge dismissed his testimony without investigation. Hand fractures were documented from the beating. He is 18 years old. His sentence specifies public hanging at the scene of the alleged crime.

Since sentencing

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7 People · Death Row

#02–08

Mohammad Amin Biglari + 6 Others

Tehran · Sentenced Feb 9 · Branch 15, Revolutionary Court

Also sentenced: Ali Fahim · Abolfazl Salehi Siavashani · Amirhossein Hatami · Shahin Vahedparast Kolor · Shahab Zohdi · Yaser Rajaifar. All seven sentenced after forced confessions under torture. Lawyers blocked. Seven people. Seven families.

Since sentencing

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Trial · Faces Execution

#09

Ehsan Hosseinipour Hesarloo

18 yrs · Pakdasht, Tehran

Interrogators held a gun in his mouth to force a confession. The judge rejected his family's lawyers and imposed a state lawyer who did not defend him.

Amnesty deadline — Apr 30

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Minor · Faces Execution

#10

Matin Mohammadi

17 yrs · co-accused with Ehsan

17 years old. Held in a children's detention facility facing capital charges. Executing anyone under 18 violates international law. Iran is doing it anyway.

Amnesty deadline — Apr 30

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Minor · Faces Execution

#11

Erfan Amiri

17 yrs · co-accused with Ehsan

17 years old. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has explicitly condemned Iran's use of the death penalty on minors. He is one of them.

Amnesty deadline — Apr 30

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Told by Judge "Sentenced to Death"

#12

Abolfazl Karimi

35 yrs · Tehran · Ghezel Hesar Prison · Arrested Jan 6

Arrested while helping two women who had been shot in the legs during protests. Shot himself with metal pellets. Beaten. Denied medical care. Forced to sign a self-incriminating statement while blindfolded. On February 12, the judge at Branch 15 told him and 13 others: "you are being sentenced to death." Source: Amnesty International.

Days since judge's death declaration

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Faces Execution

#13

Shervin Bagherian Jebeli

18 yrs · Isfahan · Arrested Jan 12

Security forces raided his home at night, beat him, and took him to an unknown location. State TV broadcast a forced "confession" video presenting him as guilty — while his voice can be heard asking questions under duress. Interrogators told him he faces the death penalty. Source: Amnesty International.

Days since arrest

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Faces Execution

#14

Danial Niazi

18 yrs · Charged with capital offense

18 years old. Charged with an offense carrying the death penalty. Interrogators have explicitly told him he faces execution. Source: Amnesty International urgent action, Feb 2026.

Amnesty deadline — Apr 30

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Faces Execution · Trial Underway

#15

Mohammad Abbasi

55 yrs · Malard, Tehran province · Arrested ~Jan 17

Arrested within 10 days of the January 7 protests. Trial began January 27 — the fastest in the wave of show trials. State TV broadcast footage of his hearing with no defense lawyer visible. Charged with moharebeh — enmity against God — in connection with the death of a police officer. Source: Amnesty, IHRNGO.

Since trial began

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Faces Execution

#16

Amirhossein Azarpira

24 yrs · Arrested in connection with Jan 2026 protests

Beaten during and after arrest. Face injuries. Broken teeth. Interrogators told him explicitly that he faces the death penalty. Source: Amnesty International, Feb 2026.

Amnesty deadline — Apr 30

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Faces Execution · Show Trial

#17

Mohammadreza Tabari

Tried alongside Mohammad Abbasi · Revolutionary Court Tehran

Tried for moharebeh at the Revolutionary Court in Tehran alongside Mohammad Abbasi. State TV broadcast his coerced confession in violation of his presumption of innocence. Three friends face the same charges. Source: IHRNGO, Amnesty International.

Amnesty deadline — Apr 30

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Fate Unknown · Execution Was Scheduled

#18

Amirhossein Ghaderzadeh

19 yrs · Footballer, Sepahan Club · Rasht, Gilan · Arrested Jan 9, 2026

The first person sentenced to death in these protests — sentenced January 17, before Saleh Mohammadi. Execution by hanging was scheduled for January 21. His fate is unknown. The regime has refused to tell his family where he is or whether he is alive. When arrested, agents stripped him and his two sisters — one of whom is 14 years old — naked to inspect their bodies for metal pellets as "proof" of protest participation. He has been in enforced disappearance since. Sources: Amnesty International, Iran International, Jan 2026.

Days since scheduled execution

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3 Brothers · Death Row

#19–21

Three Brothers — Names Suppressed

Shahinshahr, Isfahan · Sentenced February 18, 2026

An Iranian court sentenced three brothers from Shahinshahr to death on February 18. Their names are not public. Hengaw confirmed their families have been pressured by security forces to stay silent — a documented pattern the regime uses before secret executions. The suppression of their names is itself a warning sign. If you have information about their identities, contact Hengaw or HRANA. Sources: Hengaw, Iran International, Feb 18, 2026.

Days since sentencing

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Detained for Speaking

Activists & Reformists

Arrested not for protesting — but for signing statements, speaking publicly, or doing their jobs. The regime's sweep of civil society began in earnest in late January 2026, targeting anyone who named the killings for what they were.

9 People

Detained · Beaten

#18

Mehdi Mahmoudian

Journalist · Screenwriter · Arrested Jan 31

Co-writer of "It Was Just an Accident" — winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes 2025 and nominated for two Academy Awards. Arrested for signing a statement declaring the protest killings a crime against humanity. His wife confirmed he was beaten in custody. Source: Screen Daily, Al Jazeera, Jan 2026.

Days detained

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Detained · Tortured

#19

Vida Rabbani

Journalist · Activist · Arrested Jan 31

Arrested for signing the same statement as Mahmoudian. Her husband confirmed she was severely beaten in custody: "many obvious bruises on her body." When she refused to wear hijab in prison, guards pulled her hair out. Source: ABC News, Hengaw, Feb 2026.

Days detained

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Detained

#20

Abdollah Momeni

Political activist · Arrested Jan 31

Long-time political activist previously imprisoned multiple times. Arrested for co-signing a statement calling the killings state crimes against humanity and demanding accountability. Source: EA WorldView, Al Jazeera, Feb 2026.

Days detained

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Detained

#21

Ghorban Behzadian-Nejad

Senior adviser to reformist leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi · Arrested ~Feb 1

Arrested for signing the referendum statement calling for a free, transparent democratic transition. Mousavi himself has been under house arrest since 2011. Now his senior adviser is in custody. Source: Daijiworld, EA WorldView.

Days detained

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Detained · IRGC Arrest

#22

Azar Mansouri

Secretary-General, Islamic Iran People's Party · Head of Reformists Front · Arrested Feb 9

Arrested by the IRGC — not police — signaling political intent beyond normal law enforcement. She had publicly called the protest killings "a great catastrophe that no justification can erase." She did not call for Khamenei's resignation. She called for accountability. That was enough. Source: Al Jazeera, Israel Hayom, Feb 2026.

Days detained

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Detained · IRGC Arrest

#23

Mohsen Aminzadeh

Former Deputy Foreign Minister (Khatami govt) · Arrested Feb 9

Arrested in the same IRGC sweep as Azar Mansouri. Former senior diplomat under reformist President Khatami. The judiciary chief called those who criticized the killings from within the system "aligned with the Zionist regime." Source: Al Jazeera, Feb 2026.

Days detained

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Detained

#24

Ebrahim Asgharzadeh

Head, Reformists Front Political Committee · Arrested Feb 9

Arrested in the same sweep. Political committee head of Iran's main reformist umbrella group, representing up to 27 reformist factions. His arrest signals the regime has decided that internal criticism of any kind is now criminalized. Source: Al Jazeera, Feb 2026.

Days detained

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Detained

#25

Javad Imam

Spokesman, Reformists Front · Arrested Feb 10

Arrested from his home early Monday morning, Feb 10. Spokesman of the Reformists Front, an umbrella group of 27 reformist factions. The arrest came one day after Azar Mansouri and Aminzadeh were taken. A systematic sweep. Source: EA WorldView, Guardian's Patrick Wintour, Feb 2026.

Days detained

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Detained

#26

Hossein Karroubi

Son of former Parliament Speaker Mehdi Karroubi · Arrested Feb 10

His father, Mehdi Karroubi — former Parliament Speaker and 2009 presidential candidate — has been under house arrest since 2011. Now his son has been arrested too. Two generations of the same family imprisoned for opposing the regime. Source: EA WorldView, Feb 2026.

Days detained

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Whereabouts Unknown or Unconfirmed

Detained & Disappeared

Over 51,000 people have been arrested. Many are held in unofficial locations with no access to lawyers or family. Naming them publicly is documented protection against torture and secret execution.

17 People · #27–44

Death Row · Fate Unknown

#27

Amirhossein Ghaderzadeh

19 yrs · Rasht, Gilan · Arrested Jan 9 · Sentenced Jan 17

Sentenced to death on January 17 — the first death sentence of the uprising. Execution was scheduled for January 21. His fate is unknown. Originally listed here as disappeared; updated when sentence confirmed. Also documented in the Death Row section above. Sources: Amnesty International, Iran International.

Days since scheduled execution

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Shot · Fate Unknown

#28

Milad Azagh

Tehran · Shot Jan 8 · Taken into custody

Shot during protests and taken by authorities. 40+ days later his fate and whereabouts remain completely unknown. His family has received no information.

Days since shot and taken

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Detained

#29

Babak Moradifar

Political activist · Tehran · Arrested Jan 9

10 days of total silence after arrest. Charged with "communication with foreign networks," "propaganda against the state," and "assembly and collusion." No legal counsel.

Days detained

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Detained

#30

Behnam Ohadi

Psychologist · Tehran · Arrested Feb 19

Arrested for attending a 40-day memorial for protest victims at Behesht Zahra Cemetery. Transferred to Great Tehran Penitentiary. Attending a memorial is now a crime.

Days detained

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Detained

#31

Mohammad Shaeri

Tehran · Arrested Feb 19

Arrested alongside Behnam Ohadi for attending the same memorial at Behesht Zahra Cemetery. Transferred to Great Tehran Penitentiary.

Days detained

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Disappeared

#32

Radmehr Forouhar

Lor · Dehdasht, Kohgiluyeh · Arrested Jan 9

Arrested during protests and transferred to an undisclosed location. Six weeks later, no information has been shared with his family about his fate or condition.

Days missing

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Disappeared

#33

Mohammadreza Bastani

Worker · Father of 2 · Aran va Bidgol · Arrested Jan 8

Arrested and taken to an unknown location. His two children do not know where their father is. No updates. No contact.

His children waiting

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Medical Emergency

#34

Mojtaba Azhdi

Neqab, Joveyn · Mashhad Prison

Injured in protests — eye and leg. Being denied urgent medical care in prison. Was already a political prisoner from the 2022 protests. Injuries worsening.

Days denied medical care

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Status Disputed

#35

Erfan Soltani

Shopkeeper · Fardis · Arrested Jan 8

Regime denied a death sentence — but secret executions have followed identical denials before. An ordinary shopkeeper. Do not stop saying his name.

Days since arrest

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Disappeared

#36

Amirhossein Nezami

Mashhad · Arrested Feb 17

Arrested by government forces and transferred to an undisclosed location. No information about his condition has been made public.

Days missing

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Disappeared

#37

Ali-Akbar Behloul

Joveyn County, Razavi Khorasan · Arrested Feb 17

Violent nighttime home raid by plainclothes Intelligence Ministry agents. Taken to unknown location. No information released.

Days missing

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Disappeared

#38

Mojtaba Bidgoli

35 yrs · Qazvin · Arrested Jan 2026

Arrested during protests and transferred to an undisclosed location. No information about his whereabouts has been released to his family.

Days missing

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Detained

#39

Hassan Batrani

32 yrs · Arab · Ahvaz · Arrested Feb 19 · 3rd arrest

Arrested on a street in Ahvaz. Previously imprisoned twice — 2017 and 2019 — serving 30+ months in Sheiban Prison. Now arrested for the third time.

Days detained

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Detained

#40

Armin Qasemi

18 yrs · Sabzevar · Arrested Jan 9

Arrested on the evening of January 9 in Sabzevar. Transferred to Sabzevar Prison.

Days detained

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2 Brothers · Detained

#41–42

Siavash & Arash Davarzani

Brothers · Sabzevar · Siavash arrested Jan 10 · Arash arrested early February

Two brothers arrested in the same crackdown, weeks apart. Both held in Sabzevar Prison. Their family is dealing with the disappearance of two sons simultaneously.

Siavash detained

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Evin Prison

#43

Sina Shams

28 yrs · Tehran · Arrested Feb 14

Arrested in a home raid and transferred to Evin Prison — Iran's most notorious political prison.

Days in Evin Prison

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Disappeared

#44

Hamed Zahdi

29 yrs · Hamedan · Home raided Feb 9

Government forces raided his home and took him to an undisclosed location. No information about his status has been released.

Days missing

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Documented Patterns

What Happens Inside

These are not isolated incidents. They are the system.

6 Patterns

Torture to Extract Confessions

In the vast majority of protest cases, the only evidence at trial is a confession. Amnesty International documented at least 167 forced confessions broadcast on state TV. Methods include beatings, sleep deprivation, sexual violence, mock executions, and guns held to prisoners' heads. When defendants retract in court, judges dismiss it without investigation.

Lawyers Systematically Blocked

Lawyers chosen by families are routinely rejected. State-appointed lawyers who don't defend their clients are imposed instead. Many trials are conducted in online hearings lasting minutes. Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court sentenced 7 people to death on February 9 in proceedings that defy any standard of due process.

Secret Executions Without Notice

Iran executes prisoners without notifying their lawyers or families. Families often learn only after the fact — from state media or other prisoners. 2,555+ executions in the current Iranian calendar year. When the regime publicly denies a death sentence, activists warn this is a known precursor to secret execution.

Children on Death Row

At least two protesters facing execution — Matin Mohammadi and Erfan Amiri — are 17 years old. In January, a political prisoner reported approximately 100 underage girls, some as young as 10–12, being held in Kachouii Prison. Iran has ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which prohibits executing minors.

Denial of Medical Care

Protesters wounded during demonstrations are being denied treatment in prison. Mojtaba Azhdi sustained serious eye and leg injuries and is receiving no care. Authorities ordered hospitals to report patients with gunshot wounds, leading to arrests from medical facilities. Doctors who treated protesters were themselves detained.

Families Under Siege

To recover bodies, families were forced to sign statements falsely declaring their loved ones were killed by protesters — not security forces. Families of detainees were told their relatives would be executed unless they attended pro-government rallies. Those who searched for missing relatives at intelligence offices were beaten.

Killed in Custody · Body Withheld

Taha Safari

16 years old · Azna, Lorestan

His family went to a police station searching for him. An official showed photographs of the dead. They identified Taha among them. His body showed severe head injuries. Authorities continue to withhold his body from his family. He cannot be buried. No one has been held accountable for his death. He was 16 years old.

Days his family has been denied his body

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No burial. No closure. No justice.

What You Can Do

Act Now

Executions happen without warning. These actions create political cost. Do them now, share them, and do them again.

Send the Email — Right Now

Two targets. Two minutes. The most direct pressure you can apply tonight.

Layer 1 — Secretary of State Marco Rubio: The US and Iran are in active nuclear negotiations right now. Executions during negotiations are politically costly for Iran. Rubio's office has already warned Iran. A flood of named cases keeps that pressure on.

Layer 2 — Your own representative: Constituent pressure generates public statements. Public statements raise international cost of executions. Enter your zip code and we'll find them.

Step 1 of 2 — Secretary of State

This email goes to the State Department. Copy it and send from your own email — it carries more weight than a form submission.

To: secretary@state.gov
Subject: Halt Executions in Iran — Saleh Mohammadi, Amirhossein Ghaderzadeh

Secretary Rubio,

I am writing as a constituent to urge you to publicly and specifically demand a halt to executions in Iran connected to the January 2026 protests.

Two cases require immediate attention:

Saleh Mohammadi, 18 years old, has been sentenced to public hanging in Qom. His confession was extracted under torture — he retracted it in court. The judge dismissed his testimony without investigation.

Amirhossein Ghaderzadeh, 19 years old, was sentenced to death on January 17. His execution was scheduled for January 21. His family has received no information about whether he is alive. He has been in enforced disappearance for over 35 days.

At least 47 people are facing execution or disappearance. Documentation: crimsonwinter.org

I am asking you to name these individuals publicly and to make a halt to executions a condition of any ongoing diplomatic engagement with Iran.

Respectfully,

Open in Mail App

Step 2 of 2 — Your Representative

Enter your US zip code to find your senators and representative. Constituent calls and emails are logged — they generate public statements.

Send an Urgent Action Letter

Amnesty International has issued a formal Urgent Action for Saleh Mohammadi, Mohammad Amin Biglari, and the other death row cases — with pre-written letters to Iranian authorities. Deadline April 30, 2026. Takes 2 minutes. It is not nothing: international letter campaigns are part of the documented record used in accountability proceedings.

amnesty.org → Urgent Action for Iran death row cases

Share These Names — Right Now

Screenshot a tile. Post it. Tag journalists, human rights accounts, public figures with platforms. The regime monitors international attention on specific cases. When a name trends, executions become politically costly. Do this for Saleh Mohammadi first. He has a public hanging sentence and is 18 years old.

#StopExecutionsInIran → pre-filled tweet for Saleh

Fund the People Doing the Work

HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency) documented 7,000+ confirmed deaths and 51,000+ arrests during an internet blackout. They are the primary source for this site. Iran HRS publishes verified detainee names daily. CHRI funds legal support for families. These organizations are underfunded and doing essential work.

hrana.org → donate to HRANA

Contact the Volunteer Committee

The Volunteer Committee to Follow-Up on Detainees is the primary diaspora network documenting the 2,800+ arrested. They receive tips from families inside Iran and publish verified names. If you have information about a detained person, contact them directly. If you want to help their work, reach out.

[email protected]

Follow the People Getting It Right

@IranIntl_En broke the massacre story and maintains the most complete verified death list (6,634 named). @HRANANews publishes daily detainee updates. @GissouNia is the leading legal voice on accountability. @Hengaw_EN covers Kurdish regions specifically. These accounts will tell you when executions happen and what to do.

iranintl.com → start here

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