Amnesty International:

Ahead of the Special Session on the human rights situation in Iran that is taking place today at the UN Human Rights Council, Amnesty International have outlined the brutal human rights violations carried out by the Islamic Republic’s authorities in the aftermath of protest massacres. They have imposed sweeping arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, bans on gatherings and attacks to silence families of victims.

Since 8-9 January 2026, when the Iranian authorities committed mass unlawful killings on an unprecedented scale to crush the popular uprising calling for an end to their repressive rule, they have waged a coordinated, militarized clampdown to prevent further dissent and hide their crimes.

The nationwide repression has involved maintaining a complete internet blackout, deploying heavily armed security patrols, imposing nighttime curfews and preventing any gatherings. Security forces have also arrested thousands of protesters and other dissidents, and subjected detainees to enforced disappearance and torture and other ill‑treatment, including sexual violence. Authorities have further relentlessly and cruelly harassed and intimidated bereaved families of killed protesters.

Go to link