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Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
City / Location: Kerman, Isfahan, Urmia, West Azerbaijan, Tehran, Baneh- Kurdistan, Bukan (West Azerbaijan), Ahvaz
Period / Date: December 2025 January 2026
Subject: Information received concerning the alleged widespread arbitrary arrests and detention often followed by the enforced disapperance, torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of individuals in the context of the nationwide protests, as well as the imposition of the death penalty in cases predating the protests, where defendants were reportedly tried without due respect for fair trial guarantees and on the basis of torture-tainted confessions.
Number of identified alleged victims: 42

First name last nameagesexaffiliation
Abolfazl Karimiadultmale No affiliation
Abolfazl Salehi Siavashaniadultmale No affiliation
Ali Fahimadultmale No affiliation
Amirhossein Azarpiraadultmale No affiliation
Daniyal Niaziadultmale No affiliation
Ehsan Hosseinipour Hesarlooadultmale No affiliation
Fatemeh Safariunknownfemale No affiliation
Identity withheld 1
Identity withheld 10
Identity withheld 11
Identity withheld 12
Identity withheld 13
Identity withheld 14
Identity withheld 15
Identity withheld 16
Identity withheld 17
Identity withheld 18
Identity withheld 19
Identity withheld 2
Identity withheld 20
Identity withheld 3
Identity withheld 4
Identity withheld 5
Identity withheld 6
Identity withheld 7
Identity withheld 8
Identity withheld 9
Izad Aghabeigiadultmale No affiliation
Mohammad Farajiadultmale No affiliation
Mohammad Nikbakhtadultmale No affiliation
Mohammadreza Tabariadultmale No affiliation
Mohsen Eslamkhahadultmale No affiliation
Narges Mohammadiadultfemale No affiliation
Nazanin Salariadultfemale No affiliation
Rasoul Salehiadultmale No affiliation
Rauf Sheikh-Maroufiadultmale No affiliation
Shahab Zahediadultmale No affiliation
Shervin Bagherian Jabaliadultmale No affiliation
Shima Ghooshehadultfemale No affiliation
Teymour Salariadultmale No affiliation
Yasser Rajaeifaradultmale No affiliation
Yousef Ahmadiadultmale No affiliation

Total number of unidentified alleged victims: -

Status or occupationNumber and gender

General concerns:

Total number of alleged victims: 42
Related communications:
Previous communications: IRN 1/2026; IRN 4/2026; IRN 5/2026; IRN 6/2026
Follow up communications: