Iran's regime sentences protesters to death

Iran's regime sentences protesters to death

Mohammad-Amin Biglari, 19, is one of seven young Iranians sentenced to death after the January protests, while thousands of others were arrested. The crackdown, with its summary trials, forced confessions and inhumane prison conditions, has illustrated both the scale and brutality of the regime's control.

Systematic and Arbitrary Issuance of Capital Sentences

An Analysis of Expedited Trials and Forced Confessions in the 2026 Protests The repeated emphasis by Iran’s judicial and security authorities on “expediting the trial process” for those detained during the January 2026 nationwide protests is a clear manifestation of replacing “judicial justice” with “political vengeance.” The issuance of indictments in extremely short timeframes—sometimes less than 24 hours—while defendants are kept in total iso…

Iran’s Machinery of Repression Escalates: Arbitrary Arrests, Torture, Enforced Disappearances, and Death Sentences After Protest Massacre

More than 53,000 Arrested, Activists and Lawyers Now Increasingly Targeted Reports of Deaths in Custody Emerge as Authorities Fast-Track Sham Trials, Children at Risk of Execution February 25, 2026 — Nearly two months after the Iranian government’s use of military-grade weapons, snipers, and shoot-to-kill orders resulted in the deaths of thousands of protesters across Iran, the state’s violent suppression of its traumatized society is aggressive…