Amnesty Iran

This is the official @Amnesty International account for the organisation's work on Iran.

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

State media broadcast Benyamin Naghdi’s forced “confession” the day after his arrest & prior to trial. @amnesty fears his “confession” was coerced given the well-documented pattern of Iranian authorities extracting forced “confessions” under torture and other ill-treatment. 3/3

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

🧵Iranian authorities must immediately halt any plans to execute athlete Benyamin Naghdi who was sentenced to death on 12 May 2026 by a Revolutionary Court in Shiraz, Fars province, following a grossly unfair trial. 1/3

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

Benyamin Naghdi was arrested on 3 January 2026 in Shiraz in relation to nationwide protests and forcibly disappeared for 53 days. He was later convicted of “corruption on earth” (efsad-e fel arz) based on accusations that he used a fire extinguisher against security forces. 2/3

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

Their brother, Mohammad Nikbakht, a Christian convert, was arrested in March 2026 on politically-motivated accusations that may also carry the death penalty.

Iranian authorities must immediately halt all executions, w/a view to establishing a moratorium on the death penalty 4/4

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

As the world focuses on the escalation of hostilities in Iran, protesters & dissidents remain at risk of the death penalty. They include brothers Fazlollah & Hadi Nikbakht, sentenced to death on politically-motivated charges in May 2026 following a grossly unfair trial. 1/4

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

The two were tried before a Revolutionary Court via video call in Dec 2025, unable to effectively hear and participate in their trial proceedings and without access to a lawyer of their choice. They were later convicted of “spreading corruption on earth” & sentenced to death. 3/4

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

Amnesty International calls on the international community and UN member states to support the creation of an independent international justice mechanism for Iran and urge the UN Security Council to refer the situation in Iran to the International Criminal Court. 5/5

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

🧵Six months after Iran’s security forces unlawfully killed thousands of men, women and children between 8-9 January 2026, the international community’s failure to take meaningful action to pursue international justice is indefensible. 1/5 https://t.co/uICIUP4PFL

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

With no prospect of justice in Iran amid a systemic impunity crisis, avenues for international criminal justice must be pursued as an urgent and non-negotiable priority. 4/5

[Raha Bahreini @RahaBahreini]

Six months after Iran’s security forces killed thousands of protesters, the international community’s failure to pursue international justice is indefensible. States must urge the UN Security Council to refer Iran's situation to @IntlCrimCourt https://t.co/iQvoRRfhiG

[Amnesty Italia @amnestyitalia]

🔴 Le autorità iraniane devono annullare immediatamente le condanne della cantante Parastoo Ahmadi e di altri otto musicisti. La condanna per ciascuna persona è di 74 frustate, divieto di viaggiare e di svolgere attività artistiche per due anni. Il motivo? Questo video.

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

Iranian authorities must abolish compulsory veiling & corporal punishment and end the criminalization of freedom of expression. The international community must not allow a renewed crackdown on women’s rights amid the US-Iran deal to end the war. 5/5

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

🧵Iranian authorities must immediately quash the convictions of singer Parastoo Ahmadi and eight other musicians who were each sentenced to 74 lashes, a two-year travel ban and two-year ban on artistic activities. They were convicted in mid-June 2026. 1/5

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

Flogging constitutes cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment, and violates the absolute prohibition on torture and other ill-treatment. These flogging sentences highlight the inhumanity and brutality of Iran’s justice system and its role in the assault on women’s rights. 4/5

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

Following grossly unfair trials, Ali Fattah was sentenced to death for “enmity with God” (moharebeh) in May 2026. Mohammad Naghizadeh, who was subjected to torture to extract forced “confessions,” was convicted of “insulting the Prophet” (sabbo al-nabi) & sentenced to death. 4/4

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

🧵Iranian authorities must immediately halt any plans to execute Ali Fattah (Kamali) and Mohammad (Babak) Naghizadeh, whose death sentences in connection with the January 2026 nationwide protests have been upheld by the Supreme Court. 1/4

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

Ali Fattah and Mohammad (Babak) Naghizadeh’s prison transfer raises grave concerns that they may be at risk of imminent execution.

They were arrested separately in January 2026 in Tehran province in relation to the nationwide protests that month. 3/4