State media reported the executions of protesters Saleh Mohammadi, Saeed Davodi and Mehdi Ghasemi who were accused of participating in the murders of two policemen during the protest in Qom on 8 January 2026.
On 28 December 2025, nationwide protests began in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar over economic hardship and quickly turned into protests against the Islamic Republic. On 8 January 2026, the authorities shut down the internet and carried out an unprecedented mass-killing of protesters using military-grade weapons. Thousands were killed and many more detained or denied medical care. Iran Human Rights documents these crimes and calls for your support.
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1 day, 3 hours3 Protesters Hanged; IHRNGO Warns of Mass Executions
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1 week, 5 daysVictims Accounts: Farzin Poost-Ashkan, 26-Year-Old Protester Shot Dead by a Sniper in Isfahan
He was shot by a sniper who was firing at people from a rooftop. A live round struck the back of his head near his ear
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2 weeks, 2 daysVictim Accounts: Siavash Mansourinejad, Shot and Killed by Security Forces in Mehrshahr, Karaj
Siavash Mansourinejad was from Andimeshk and followed the Zoroastrian faith. His father is a war-disabled veteran and his uncle was killed in the Iran–Iraq war.
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2 weeks, 6 daysEyewitness Accounts: Mazandaran and Golestan; Military Weapons Used, Wounded Shot Dead, Teenagers Deployed
Mazandaran and Golestan provinces were the scene of a severe crackdown on the January 2026 protests.
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2 weeks, 6 daysVictim Accounts: Danial Barekati, 22, protester killed; body found 3 days later
After a day of Danial's disappearance by tracking his mobile phone, his car was found in the east area of Tehran.
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3 weeks, 1 dayVictim Accounts: Amir Ali Ghanbarzadeh, 16, Shot Dead Minutes After Joining Protest
His face had been struck by three small-calibre live bullets and was covered in blood, but he was still alive.
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3 weeks, 2 daysVictim Accounts: Bullet Wound to the Throat and Stab Injury to the Side of Protester Keyvan Amiri
One of Keyvan’s friends informed the family that he had been killed and that his body was at Iran Hospital in Iranshahr
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3 weeks, 5 daysVictim Accounts: 17-Year-Old Student Bahareh Shahmehri Shot Dead by Sniper
She was a 12th-grade graphic design student. Alongside her studies, she also worked as a beautician