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Our new report documents how, during the January 2026 uprising, IRGC led a centralized campaign of mass killings, ~50,000 arrests, systematic blinding, torture, digital blackout, and deployment of proxy forces.

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IRGC: The Iranian Regime’s Pillar of Survival
Through Internal Repression and Transnational Terrorism Since its establishment in 1979, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was not designed
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February 12, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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After Iran’s top judiciary chief publicly called for “speed” and “decisiveness,” the machinery of repression moved into overdrive.
Behind prison walls, those words have translated into death sentences.
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Behind the High Walls of Silence in Iran
Detainees of the January 2026 Uprising Face Imminent Risk of Execution While public attention has shifted away from the streets,
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February 12, 2026 at 9:20 AM
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Since 2026, up to 50,000 arrests have swept across Iran. Evidence shows targeted repression of Sunni communities in Kurdish & Baluch regions
Clerics and local leaders in Bukan, Sanandaj, Zahedan & beyond face night raids, undisclosed detention, and denial of due process.
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Post-Uprising Mass Arrests in Iran
Targeted Repression of Sunni Communities in Kurdish and Baluch Regions Since 10 January 2026, following the peak of nationwide protests,
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February 12, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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At least 341 executions were carried out in Iran in January, including 5 women.
72 hangings took place in the final days alone;
one execution every two hours.
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Iran HRM Monthly Report – January 2026
January 2026 marked a period of unprecedented state violence and intensified human rights violations across Iran. The nation witnessed a
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February 10, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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Even Iran’s state-monitored media now admit the scale of repression after the Jan 2026 uprising: systematic arrests of doctors, lawyers, artists, and athletes many who never protested, only treated the wounded or spoke online.
This is criminalization of protest itself.
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Media Admissions of Systematic Arrests of Doctors, Lawyers, and Artists Following the January 2026 Uprising
The nationwide uprising of January 2026 has propelled the Iranian regime into a new paradigm of repression, which can be
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February 6, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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After killing protesters in the streets, Iran's authorities carried out mass, arbitrary arrests—overcrowding prisons, using unofficial detention sites, and subjecting detainees to torture, enforced disappearance, and forced confessions.
Officials openly demanded it.
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Widespread Arrests Following the January 2026 Uprising in Iran
The Immediate Threat to the Lives of Tens of Thousands of Protesters at Risk of Torture, Enforced Disappearance, and Execution
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February 6, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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In an analytical report on extrajudicial killings, Iran HRM documents the identities of 153 children and adolescents killed during the January 2026 uprising.
Killing children under the guise of “security” is a grave crime and must trigger urgent international scrutiny.
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Child-Killing Under the Guise of Security in Iran
Analytical Report on the Extrajudicial Killing of 153 Identified Children and Adolescents during the January 2026 Uprising The nationwide uprising
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February 6, 2026 at 8:58 AM
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We identify two key IRGC agents in Babol and Karaj, Iran:
🔽 Mehdi Varani Farahani, IRGC, involved in direct fire and summary executions in Mehrshahr, Karaj
🔽Alireza Ashofteh (aka Alireza Bozorgmehr), MOIS asset, responsible for identifying protesters in Mazandaran
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Evidence-Based Report and Documentation: Targeted Killings, Summary Executions
The Role of Field Agents in the Suppression of Mazandaran and Alborz Provinces Reports concerning the events of January 8
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February 6, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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This report establishes who authorized the January 2026 #IranMassacre
By tracing chains of command, official rhetoric, and prior precedents, it shows state policy, prior knowledge, and acceptance of mass killing at the highest levels.
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Assessment of Crimes against Humanity and Patterns of Organized Repression – Part 2
Against the Civilian Population during the January 2026 Events in Iran The first part documented, based on direct testimonies and
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February 3, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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Iran’s regime turned hospitals into battlegrounds during the Jan 2026 uprising. Doctors were arrested and even sentenced to death for treating wounded protesters—an open violation of medical neutrality and international law.
Detained medical workers must be released.
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Criminalizing the Hippocratic Oath in Iran
A Detailed Report on the Suppression of Medical Personnel during the January 2026 Uprising In the course of the January
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February 3, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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Based on UN findings and extensive field testimonies, this report documents a widespread and systematic attack on civilians during the January 2026 events in Iran.
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Assessment of Crimes against Humanity and Patterns of Organized Repression – Part 1
Against the Civilian Population during the January 2026 Events in Iran This report has been prepared, taking into account the
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February 1, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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Ahmad Ghadiri, linked to Iran’s security establishment, openly regrets that protesters were not killed in greater numbers on the streets, calling mass killing “cheaper” than prosecutions and executions that create human rights files and sanctions. @drmaisato.bsky.social
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Endless Audacity in Crime: a Horrific Strategy in Iran
As the global conscience remains in shock at the scale of the massacre during the January 2026 uprising, recent statements
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February 1, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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Countdown to the execution of Iran's uprising generation.
The EU’s designation of IRGC is overdue, but without urgent action to save imprisoned protesters, it is incomplete justice.
Secret detentions, torture-based death sentences, and enforced disappearances continue.
iran-hrm.com/2026/01/30/u...
Countdown to the Execution of the Uprising Generation
Designating the IRGC as Terrorists Without Saving the Uprising Prisoners is Incomplete Justice While it is widely recognized that the
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January 31, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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The EU’s terrorist designation of the IRGC ends decades of impunity—earned through the blood of Iran’s January 2026 martyrs.
But 50,000 uprising detainees now face retaliation and execution. Detained by a terrorist entity, their imprisonment has no legal legitimacy.
iran-hrm.com/2026/01/29/e...
End of Impunity: The January Bloodbath in Iran Drags the IRGC to the EU Blacklist
Now It is Time to Save 50,000 Prisoners of the Uprising For the people of Iran, the historic decision of
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January 30, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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From streets to cells: Khamenei’s regime is now targeting wounded protesters in prisons. Rasht, Isfahan, Mashhad—torture, medical neglect, and secret detentions threaten thousands of lives.
The UN warns: access to medical care is blocked. Silence = complicity.
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Risk of Mass Executions and Silent Deaths in Iran regime’s Prisons
As Iran Human Rights Monitoring (Iran HRM) previously warned, Khamenei's repressive regime has now shifted its focus from the streets
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January 29, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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Iran regime officials admit the 2026 uprising spread to 400 cities. Since then, the internet remains restricted and executions have surged. When a state hides information, it’s because the killing hasn’t stopped.
iran-hrm.com/2026/01/28/t...
The Silence-Kill Protocol
While it has become a consistent pattern for Iran’s religious dictatorship to cut off the internet to cover up widespread
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January 28, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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During Iran's nationwide uprising, the regime carried out systematic killings, execution of wounded protesters, and secret mass burials across Mashhad, Babol, and Amol.
Witnesses and medical evidence show bodies were buried at night without families’ knowledge
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Iran: From Execution Shots to Night Burials in Mass Graves
The Pattern of Killings During the 2026 Nationwide Uprising As the nationwide uprising of 2026 was violently suppressed, a body
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January 28, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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The No To Execution Tuesdays campaign enters its 3rd year.
105 weeks of resistance. 56 prisons across Iran.
Despite over 400 executions in weeks, prisoners continue hunger strikes in solidarity with the people’s uprising.
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105th week of the ‘No to Execution Tuesdays’ campaign in 56 prisons across Iran
Members of the 'No to Execution Tuesdays' campaign announced in a statement the continuation and expansion of this protest movement
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January 27, 2026 at 9:28 AM
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Verified videos and medical testimonies from January 2026 show Iran’s security forces deliberately firing live ammunition at women protesters’ heads, faces, and hearts. The consistent targeting of vital organs indicates intent to kill, constituting extrajudicial killings
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The Revolutionary Guards targeted the heads, faces, and hearts of brave women and girls of the uprising
A documented account of the deliberate targeting of women with intent to kill during the nationwide uprising in Iran They
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January 26, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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Kermanshah, Iran - Jan 2026: Eyewitness testimonies reveal extrajudicial killings, systematic torture, concealment of bodies, and intimidation of families.
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Kermanshah; A Field Report on the Organized Suppression of the January 2026 Uprising
Eyewitness Testimonies of Extrajudicial Killings, Torture, and the Concealment of Bodies Atrocities that remained hidden from the eyes of cameras
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January 26, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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Another witness described the situation in Kahrizak:
“You could not even step on the ground there. Everything was covered in blood. The smell of blood filled the place. It was clear that some of the bodies had families, but no one was there for them.”
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Riddled with Bullets in Fardis, Karaj
Let the World Know What Happened in Iran During the nationwide uprising of January 2026, streets across Iran turned into
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January 26, 2026 at 8:58 AM
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January 2026 in Iran: After killing protesters, Iran regime cut the internet to hide crimes and destroy evidence.
Read the chilling official admissions by high ranking officials in "The Killing Protocol in Information Quarantine"
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The Killing Protocol in Information Quarantine
International Criminal Responsibility for Organized Crimes Against Humanity in Iran What unfolded in the streets of Iran in January 2026
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January 26, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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Documenting the crimes against humanity in Iran Rasht’s historic bazaar (Jan 8–9) is a test of the international community’s commitment to human rights. Silence risks normalizing lethal violence against civilians and eroding global accountability.
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Killing of Protesters in Rasht’s Historic Bazaar; Fire, Entrapment, and Live Fire Against Civilians
Let the World Know What Happened in Iran Field testimonies and visual evidence indicate that security forces of the ruling
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January 22, 2026 at 9:08 AM
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Iran has carried out one of its deadliest crackdowns in decades.
Credible medical and eyewitness evidence points to mass killings, deliberate blinding of protesters, military weapons used against civilians, enforced disappearances, and imminent mass executions.
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Deadly Crackdown on Popular Protests in Iran (January 2026)
By Mohammad Nahid, human rights activist (His views are his own).  Since late December 2025, and particularly during the nights
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January 21, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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Iran: “And the streets became a bloodbath. It was war; a full-scale war between people who had come with bare hands and forces firing live military weapons.”
A new field report documents an all-out war against unarmed civilians during Iran’s nationwide uprising.
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Iran: “And The Streets Became a Bloodbath”
World Must Know What Happened in Iran  Field Accounts of an All-Out War against Unarmed Civilians during Iran’s Nationwide Uprising
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January 21, 2026 at 11:04 AM