IRAN HRM

Shedding light on human rights violations in Iran, amplifying voices, and advocating for justice and accountability.

[IRAN HRM @IranHrm]

Iran is accelerating executions of January 2026 protesters while issuing new death sentences, carrying out mass arrests and targeting families seeking justice.
Three protesters have been executed in Karaj. At least 32 people were detained across six counties by November 5.
https://t.co/vciC6X6ly3

[Sharron Davies HoL MBE @sharrond62]

Sports men & women have been targeted by this barbaric regime.

[Jim Shannon MP @JimShannonMP]

The decision by @GMJCampaign to award 2026 Magnitsky Award for Outstanding Human Rights Activist to Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani is a significant human rights event. Honouring a political prisoner facing execution highlights his courage & urgency for global action to save his life.

[Mai Sato @drmaisato]

Yesterday, along with other UN Mandate Holders, I issued a press statement expressing grave concern over the escalating attacks on the right to legal defence in Iran and the growing pressure exerted on lawyers who are simply carrying out their professional duties.
Between September 2025 and September 2026, at least 135 lawyers reportedly faced judicial or security measures, while at least 23 were reportedly arrested following the January 2026 protests.
Lawyers have faced intimidation, harassment, prosecution and other forms of retaliation merely for representing clients, defending human rights and fulfilling their professional responsibilities. Such practices constitute a serious assault on the independence of the legal profession and undermine the very foundations of the rule of law.
We are also concerned about human rights lawyer Amirsalar Davoudi, who was arrested after appearing before the Isfahan Revolutionary Court for his clients, and has remained in detention since then with concerning reports regarding his health.
No lawyer should face threats, punishment or persecution for doing their job. The ability to provide legal representation, defend individuals and challenge unlawful conduct is not a privilege: it is an essential safeguard of justice and a fundamental component of the right to a fair trial.
Iran must immediately end the persecution and intimidation of lawyers, safeguard the independence of the legal profession and bar associations,, and uphold its international human rights obligations.
The right to legal defence must be protected, not punished.
Read our statement: https://t.co/iIZBaKrOKQ

[IRAN HRM @IranHrm]

146 consecutive weeks. 66 prisons.
In Iran, prisoners continue the “No to Execution Tuesdays” hunger strike as executions accelerate.
#StopExecutionsInIran
https://t.co/bCZ9O16BiP

[IRAN HRM @IranHrm]

Iranian boxing champion and political prisoner Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani has received the 2026 Magnitsky Award for Outstanding Human Rights Activist.
Arrested in 2020, he has been sentenced to death three times. In October 2025, Iran’s Supreme Court upheld his death sentence. His family has also faced detention and repression.
His case highlights the courage to resist repression and the need to protect freedom of expression, human dignity and the rule of law.
#MagnitskyAward #StopExecutionsInIran
https://t.co/sGU9u1qwfH

[Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign @GMJCampaign]

BREAKING: Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani wins the 2026 Magnitsky Award: Outstanding Human Rights Activist.

An Iranian martial arts and boxing champion and coach, he is on death row for taking part in anti-government protests and supporting the political opposition.

#MagnitskyAwards

[Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign @GMJCampaign]

BREAKING: Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani wins the 2026 Magnitsky Award: Outstanding Human Rights Activist.

An Iranian martial arts and boxing champion and coach, he is on death row for taking part in anti-government protests and supporting the political opposition.

#MagnitskyAwards

[IRAN HRM @IranHrm]

Iran has executed 20 people linked to the December 2025–January 2026 protests. At least 134 others have been sentenced to death.
Nine were executed in the Ali-Khani Square case in Isfahan. Six co-defendants remain at risk.
The UN must act to stop further executions and prevent a return to the mass political killings of the 1980s.
#StopExecutionsInIran
https://t.co/9LSLHwDwGf

[IRAN HRM @IranHrm]

Iran’s universities are being turned from centres of education and free thought into instruments of ideological indoctrination and state repression.
Students face intelligence interrogations, surveillance, suspensions, expulsions, imprisonment and even execution for exercising their right to dissent.
https://t.co/kYCtlCHAcx

[IRAN HRM @IranHrm]

Iran: What has happened to Mohammadreza Majidi Asl?

The 34-year-old mobile phone repair technician was sentenced to death over Iran's January 2026 protests. His fiancée, Bita Hemmati, also faces execution.

His current prison, appeal status and access to a lawyer remain unknown. Iran must disclose his whereabouts and halt any move towards execution.

https://t.co/8NW1hoZy9h

[IRAN HRM @IranHrm]

Iran has already executed 9 defendants in the Meydan Alikhani case. Three others: Shervin Bagherian, Ali Dashti and Abolfazl Ebrahimi are next in line.
@UN_SPExperts must demand an immediate halt to their executions.
#StopExecutionsInIran

https://t.co/SOxpk3R1qy

[IRAN HRM @IranHrm]

* Correction: The correct names are Amirhossein Maleki and Abolfazl Ebrahimi. Both were arrested at the age of 19 and executed at 20.

[IRAN HRM @IranHrm]

Iran executed two young January protesters this morning: Amirhossein Maleki, 20, and Abolfazl Ebrahimi, 18, in the Alikhani Square case in Isfahan.
Nine defendants have now been executed.
Three more face imminent execution after torture-tainted trials and forced confessions.
Urgent action is needed. #StopExecutionsInIran

[IRAN HRM @IranHrm]

Who is responsible for the execution of protesters in Mashhad?
Gholamreza Akbari-Moghaddam, head of Branch One of Mashhad’s Revolutionary Court, sentenced Ali Hemmati Sistani, 33, and Majid Nikandish, 25, to death. Both were executed on September 30, 2026.
https://t.co/pAHCqKR0KR

[IRAN HRM @IranHrm]

Iran’s marriage rate has fallen by 46% as poverty, inflation and the housing crisis prevent millions from starting families. With 30% of the population living below the poverty line and housing consuming 43.7% of urban household budgets, government policies are undermining the right to form a family.
https://t.co/4mOZzv0Toi

[IRAN HRM @IranHrm]

Iran HRM recorded at least 96 executions in October 2026. Of these, 78 were carried out in secret, without public announcement.
Among those executed were three protesters detained during the January 2026 uprising. At least one woman was also executed.

Meanwhile, political prisoners, including Manouchehr Fallah, face the imminent threat of execution, as death sentences are upheld and others remain at risk.
#StopExecutionsInIran
https://t.co/TyeieP7P5z

[IRAN HRM @IranHrm]

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[IRAN HRM @IranHrm]

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[IRAN HRM @IranHrm]

For the 4th consecutive week, UN experts have joined #NoToExecutionTuesdays, bringing Iran’s prisoners’ call to end executions to the world.

This week, political prisoners made their determination clear: No threats, death sentences or repression will stop them from standing against executions and fighting for the abolition of the death penalty.
#StopExecutionsInIran
https://t.co/9sXhI5WSf3

[Philip D. Jaffé @lexpsy]

#NoToExecutionTuesdays