Thousands detained over protests at risk of torture - URGENT ACTION - 30/01/2026
Thousands of people arbitrarily detained in relation to the nationwide uprising in Iran are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment, including sexual violence, and grossly unfair trials leading to prolonged imprisonment and the death penalty. Main remain forcibly disappeared. Concern for those detained in connection to the protests that erupted on 28 December 2025 are intensified as the head of the judiciary has ordered prosecutors to 'act without leniency' and senior officials have equated protestig with capital offences. Take action.
What happended at the protests in Iran - CAMPAIGNS - 26/01/2026 - PETITION 15/01/2026
Protests erupted in Iran on 28 December 2025. People across the country, outraged at decades of repression, were demanding fundamental change and a political system that respects human rights and dignity. Iranian authorities responded with an unprecedented deadly crackdown and, since 08 January 2026, cut all internet access to conceal their crimes. Security forces have used unlawful force, firearms and other prohibited weapons, against protesters, which resulted in mass killings and serious injuries. Read more.
Sweeping arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, bans on gatherings and attacks to silence families of victims mark the suffocating militarisation imposed in Iran by the Islamic Republic's authorities in the aftermath of protest massacres. Read more.
Verified images and credible information from eye witnesses reveal mass unlawful killings committed on an unprecedented scale amidst an ongoing internet shutdown imposed by the authorities. Read more.
On 08 January 2026, Iranian authorities imposed an internet and telecommunications blackout in an attempt to hide the violations occurring during the deadly crackdown on protesters. Read more.
Iranian authorities have unleashed a deadly crackdown on protesters across the country since 28 December 2025, marked by security forces unlawful use of force and firearms, and mass arbitrary arrests. Read more.
Amnesty International's oral statement to the special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Iran can be found here.
Amnesty was among a number of civil society organisations to sign a join letter urging the Human Rights Council to urgently convene a special session to address the unprecedented escalation in mass unlawful killings of protesters. Read more.
A petition calling for an end to the protest massacres can be found here.
Over 1,000 people executed - NEWS - 26/09/2025
Iranian authorities have executed over 1,000 people so far in 2025, the highest number of yearly executions in Iran that Amnesty International has recorded in at least 15 years. Amnesty is calling on the Iranian authorities to establish an immediate moratorium on executions as a first step, and issuing an urgent plea to other states to immediately intervene to pressure the Iranian authorities to halt all planned executions. Read more.
United Nations member states must urgently press authorities to halt executions after a horrifying increase. Read more.
Authorities unleash wave of oppression after hostilities with Israel - NEWS - 03/09/2025
Iranian authorities are waging a terrifying crackdown under the guise of national security in the aftermath of the June 2025 hostilities with Israel. The deepening crisis underscores the urgent need for the international community to pursue concrete criminal accountability measures. Read more.
Amnesty International had previously urged the Iranian authorities to halt all plans to carry out arbitrary executions and protect all those arrested over accusations of espionage for Israel from enforced disappearance, torture and other ill-treatment. Read more.
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