LANGUAGES DONATE NOW Iran Events of 2025 Family members of people on death row gather outside the judiciary building in Tehran, Iran, May 24, 2023, holding signs that read “no to executions.” © 2023 HRANA AVAILABLE IN Iran’s human rights situation spiraled...
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LANGUAGES DONATE NOW Iran Events of 2025 Family members of people on death row gather outside the judiciary building in Tehran, Iran, May 24, 2023, holding signs that read “no to executions.” © 2023 HRANA AVAILABLE IN Iran’s human rights situation spiraled further into crisis in 2025, with the highest number of known executions in decades and authorities’ mass and arbitrary arrests. Authorities continued to persecute women, ethnic, and religious minorities and real or perceived dissidents. In yet another cycle of bloodshed, authorities unleashed a lethal crackdown on protests that erupted across the country in late December, killing and injuring protesters and conducting mass arbitrary arrests. On June 13, Israel carried out attacks on Iran that continued until a June 25 ceasefire, including a June 23 attack on Tehran’s Evin prison that was an apparent war crime. In response, Iran launched ballistic missile attacks against Israel, some of which were also
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