AP     |     August 12, 2025

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s police detained 21,000 suspects during the 12-day air war between Israel and Iran in June, state media reported on Tuesday.

A report by state TV quoted a police spokesperson, Gen. Saeed Montazeralmahdi, as saying people reported the suspects to the authorities. “The arrest of 21,000 suspects during the 12-day war … Continue Reading

Amnesty International     |     July 31, 2025

Responding to the Iranian authorities’ use of a guillotine machine to amputate the fingers of three men in Urumieh Central Prison on 30 July as corporal punishment imposed after a grossly unfair, torture-tainted trial, Hussein Baoumi, Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International, said:  

“The amputations carried out … Continue Reading

  July 22, 2025

The following report has been reposted on its anniversary, due to its significance.

London, 22 July 2024: Justice for the Victims of the 1988 Massacre in Iran (JVMI) welcomes the landmark report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Iran on the 1988 massacre and Iran’s other atrocity crimes published for the first time today on the … Continue Reading