Amnesty Iran

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

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

Most of these officials remain in positions of authority enabling them to unleash further deadly repression in Iran. This impunity emboldened the authorities to unlawfully kill thousands more protesters between 8 and 9 Jan 2026. 2/2
https://t.co/ddbWITeTzT

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

Amnesty International’s new landmark 1000+page report exposes how the Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity to crush the 2022 Woman Life Freedom uprising and identifies 87 officials who should be criminally investigated.

Amnesty International is calling for urgent international criminal justice to end impunity for repeated mass protest killings in Iran.

[Amnesty MENA @AmnestyMENA]

87 Iranian officials identified as warranting criminal investigations.

Based on extensive investigations, Amnesty International has exposed the chain of command behind the Iranian authorities' crimes against humanity to crush the 2022 Woman Life Freedom uprising. We name 87 officials who should be criminally investigated. Most of these officials remain in positions of authority enabling them to unleash further deadly repression, while some have climbed up the chain of command. This impunity emboldened the authorities to unlawfully kill thousands more protesters between 8 and 9 January 2026.

The normalization of mass protest killings in Iran must end. Join us in calling on the UN Security Council to refer Iran's situation to the International Criminal Court and on the UN General Assembly to create an international criminal justice mechanism for Iran: https://t.co/nBE4vdPkPM

[Agnes Callamard @AgnesCallamard]

Yesterday’s botched attempts by the State of Tennessee to execute Christa Pike is another awful demonstration of the cruelty of death penalty, in addition to being torturous and ultimately inhuman. It should be stopped in the US and in every country where it is still carried out.

https://t.co/CRVrNoqBu2

[Agnes Callamard @AgnesCallamard]

Iranian authorities must immediately halt any plans to carry out floggings, which amount to torture, against singer Parastoo Ahmadi and eight others in connection to a live-streamed 2024 concert in Qom province.

During this concert, Parastoo Ahmadi performed unveiled in a sleeveless dress. The video went viral gaining millions of views. In mid-June 2026, Parastoo Ahmadi and 8 others were each sentenced to 74 lashes, a two-year travel ban and two-year ban on artistic activities.

On 25 September, Parastoo Ahmadi’s lawyer posted on X that Branch 16 of the Court of Appeals in Qom upheld the convictions and sentences, and that these flogging sentences will be carried out.

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

Iranian authorities must abolish compulsory veiling and corporal punishment and end the criminalization of freedom of expression.

https://t.co/uw2yYBMhSB

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

Iranian authorities must abolish compulsory veiling and corporal punishment and end the criminalization of freedom of expression.
https://t.co/VxLIII9HSO 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]

Iranian authorities must immediately halt any plans to carry out floggings, which amount to torture, against singer Parastoo Ahmadi and eight others in connection to a live-streamed 2024 concert in Qom province. 1/5

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

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

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

Amnesty International has exposed how Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity to crush the Woman Life Freedom uprising.

Stand with victims and call on the UN General Assembly to create an international criminal justice mechanism on Iran https://t.co/ddbWITfrpr 2/2

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

Four years ago today, security forces in Iran unlawfully killed 87 protesters and bystanders from the persecuted Baluchi ethnic minority in Zahedan in what became known as “Bloody Friday” during the 2022 Woman Life Freedom uprising. https://t.co/4yVYhORjkC 1/2

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

Impunity for the crimes against humanity committed in 2022 emboldened Iran's authorities to commit further atrocities. Thousands were killed in the Jan 2026 protest massacres. People in Iran remain at risk of recurring & escalating mass protest killings.
🔗https://t.co/ddbWITfrpr

[Amnesty MENA @AmnestyMENA]

Protesters in Iran have been killed, tortured or imprisoned in the thousands for demanding their human rights and fundamental political change. It is time to end the normalization of repeated mass protest killings in Iran.

👉 Sign the petition to call for the establishment of an international criminal justice mechanism for crimes against humanity in Iran.

https://t.co/6B0MNK9sF4

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

During the Woman Life Freedom uprising, security forces injured Ali Zarei Doozdarehsi in the eye. He was later held in Evin prison; when released on bail, he fled to Germany. In 2026, he was arrested after returning to Iran & prosecuted on national security-related charges. 3/3

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

In an audio from prison circulated online in early Sept 2026, Ali Zarei Doozdarehsi says that his death sentence was upheld & that “with every passing moment I am getting closer to the Islamic Republic’s execution rope”, asking for public interventions to halt his execution. 2/3

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

Iran's authorities must immediately halt any plans to execute protester Ali Zarei Doozdarehsi & quash his conviction & death sentence. On 21 Sept, activists reported that he was transferred to solitary confinement in Ghezal Hesar prison, raising fears of imminent execution. 1/3

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

Alireza Sepahi’s case is part of the “Alikhani Square” trial relating to deaths of four agents during protests in Esfahan on 8 Jan 2026. Five of his co-defendants were executed in July and August 2026, and at least seven others remain at risk. 5/5

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

Iranian authorities must immediately halt any plans to execute 25-year-old Alireza Sepahi in Esfahan. He was sentenced to death in connection to January 2026 protests following an unfair trial. The Supreme Court upheld his sentence in July 2026. 1/5

[Amnesty Iran @AmnestyIran]

Around June 2026, a Revolutionary Court branch in Esfahan sentenced Alireza Sepahi to death on the charges of “waging war against God” (moharebeh), “armed rebellion against the state” (baghi) and “corruption on earth” (efsad-e fel arz). 4/5