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Human Rights Abuses, Trials, and Executions in the Islamic Republic Era (1979–present)

Human Rights Abuses, Trials, and Executions in the Islamic Republic Era (1979–present)

  1. Revolutionary tribunals begin issuing death sentences

    Labels: Revolutionary Tribunals, Tehran, Refah School
  2. Mass arrests and executions intensify amid 1981 crackdown

    Labels: 1981 Crackdown, Opposition Groups
  3. Mass execution campaign targets imprisoned dissidents

    Labels: 1988 Mass, Death Commissions
  4. Serial killings of dissidents culminate in 1998 murders

    Labels: Chain Murders, Iranian Writers
  5. Photojournalist Zahra Kazemi arrested outside Evin Prison

    Labels: Zahra Kazemi, Evin Prison
  6. Zahra Kazemi dies after days in Iranian custody

    Labels: Zahra Kazemi, Death in
  7. Neda Agha-Soltan shot during 2009 protest in Tehran

    Labels: Neda Agha-Soltan, 2009 Protests
  8. Kahrizak detention center ordered closed after abuse reports

    Labels: Kahrizak Detention, Supreme Leader
  9. Blogger Sattar Beheshti dies in custody after arrest

    Labels: Sattar Beheshti, Cyber Police
  10. Security forces crush November 2019 nationwide protests

    Labels: November 2019, Security Forces
  11. Wrestler Navid Afkari executed after disputed proceedings

    Labels: Navid Afkari, Execution
  12. Journalist Ruhollah Zam executed after conviction

    Labels: Ruhollah Zam, Journalist
  13. Mahsa Amini dies after morality police arrest

    Labels: Mahsa Amini, Morality Police
  14. Iran carries out first protest-linked execution in 2022 unrest

    Labels: Mohsen Shekari, 2022 Execution
  15. Public execution carried out in second protest-linked case

    Labels: Majidreza Rahnavard, Public Execution
  16. Sweden upholds life sentence in 1988 executions case

    Labels: Hamid Nouri, Swedish Trial
  17. UN reports at least 975 executions carried out in 2024

    Labels: UN Report, Mass Executions
  18. Iran executes man in 2022 protest-related case

    Labels: Mehran Bahramian, 2022 Protest