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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 8h

🔴For the first time in nearly two years, states from across the world have come together at the UN Human Rights Council to condemn the Islamic Republic of Iran’s escalating use of the death penalty.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 15h

🔴Four years have passed since “Zahedan’s Bloody Friday,” a day when many families across Sistan and Baluchestan lost loved ones and hundreds of others were injured.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 30/09/2026

🔴Iran Executed Ali Hemmati Sistanian and Majid Nikandish

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 28/09/2026

🔴After four days of searching, his family found his body at the morgue of Bagh-e Rezvan Cemetery in Isfahan.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 28/09/2026

🔴Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, the head of the Islamic Republic’s judiciary, officially requested the Prosecutor General in a meeting this morning to place the crackdown on women's optional hijab on the agenda of the Security Council.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 27/09/2026

🔴It took seven days for Mohammad Abbaszadeh’s family to recover the body of their only child. During that time, they repeatedly approached judicial and security authorities but received no clear answers. They were simply told to wait for a text message.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 27/09/2026

🔴According to those close to him, Mohsen Amir Aslani was pressured to “repent” during the more than eight years he spent in prison, but he refused to renounce his beliefs and views.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 25/09/2026

🔴four independent UN human rights experts—Mai Sato (Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran), Morris Tidball-Binz (Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions), Elena Carolina Díaz Galán (Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights)

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 24/09/2026

🔴From Saqqez to Tehran, the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests changed hundreds of families forever. Behind every name was a life that cannot be reduced to a date or a photograph—and a family still seeking truth and accountability.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 21/09/2026

🔴Today the UN Human Rights Council held an interactive dialogue with the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran to discuss their report findings on human rights abuses in Iran. 🔸In this post, you will read key excerpts during this session:

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 21/09/2026

🔴The Judiciary of the Islamic Republic announced the execution of #HosseinPedaran, son of Hamidreza, on charges of "espionage and intelligence cooperation with Israel."

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 19/09/2026

🔴Two years after the Mykonos assassinations, Fallahian would later play a leading role in the bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 17/09/2026

🔴Congratulations to Abdorrahman Boroumand Center Board Member Nazanin Boniadi on her appointment as one of Freedom House’s inaugural Ambassadors for Freedom!

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 16/09/2026

🔴Four years have passed since the death of Jina Mahsa Amini; however, Iran after September 16, 2022, was never the same Iran as the minute before her death.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 15/09/2026

🔴Wounded and urged by a friend to go home, Amir Mohammad Najafi refused: "We didn't come here to turn back; either I die tonight, or we take Iran back." Shortly after returning to the protests, a bullet struck him in the chest.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 15/09/2026

🔴Since the beginning of 2026, the Islamic Republic of Iran has carried out at least 1,008 executions. So far, at least 19 individuals have been executed in September.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 13/09/2026

🔴"Other kids are going out there for us; why shouldn't I go?" These were the words Yalda Mohammadkhani, a 16-year-old student from Fardis, said to her family before joining the protests on January 9, 2026. Yalda was struck by eight shotgun pellets and took her last breath in the arms of her parents.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 11/09/2026

🔴Eight years ago, three Kurdish political prisoners—Loghman Moradi, Zanyar Moradi, and Ramin Hossein-Panahi—were executed in Evin Prison. 🔸Their bodies were never returned to their families, and to this day, judicial authorities have refused to disclose where they were buried.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 08/09/2026

🔴Since the beginning of 2026, the Islamic Republic of Iran has carried out at least 1,001 executions. So far, at least 12 individuals have been executed in September.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 07/09/2026

🔴Hamed Arabzadeh Bahri was only 16 years old when he was sentenced to death. Tried without access to a lawyer before the Langerud Revolutionary Court on charges of "enmity against God and corruption on earth," he was executed by firing squad in Chamkhaleh, on the shores of the Caspian Sea.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 01/09/2026

🔴Since the beginning of 2026, the Islamic Republic of Iran has carried out at least 980 executions—an average of more than four executions per day. In August alone, at least 73 individuals were executed. The right to life is the most fundamental human right.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 31/08/2026

🔴This morning, the Chief of the Judiciary of the Islamic Republic once again threatened citizens with judicial crackdowns, asserting that should protests and what he described as "unrest" take place, "the judiciary's response will be more decisive than in all previous periods."

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 31/08/2026

🔴In his final speech, GholamKeshavarz had warned against the “kidnapping and shooting of Iranian refugees abroad. He did not know he would be one of them only a week later.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 30/08/2026

🔴Maryam Ferdowsi Golestani, a mother of two, took part in the January 9 protests in Isfahan despite severe leg pain.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 28/08/2026

🔴Behruz Alkhani Aghizeh, a Kurdish man from Salmas, was sentenced to death on charges of "enmity against God (moharebeh) and corruption on Earth (efsad-e fel-arz)" following 19 months of solitary confinement and severe torture.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 26/08/2026

🔴Her grandfather compared her to the protagonist of the story "The Little Black Fish," as she had also journeyed a long and arduous path from her hometown to reach the University of Tehran.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 25/08/2026

🔴Since the beginning of 2026, the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center has documented 950 executions in Iran. At least 20 women and 30 protesters are among those executed, with 45 executions recorded in the month of August so far.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 23/08/2026

🔴Twenty-two years ago, on August 152004,16-year-old Atefeh Sahaleh was publicly hanged in Iran on charges related to sexual relations outside marriage based on anonymous accusations and a complaint filed by her grandfather.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 23/08/2026

🔴The Judiciary Media Center announced that the death sentence of Mr. Majid Adineh, one of the individuals arrested during the January 2026 protests in Karaj, was carried out at dawn on Sunday, August 23, 2026.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 20/08/2026

🔴Leila Masoum, the mother of 16-year-old #ParnianDabiri who was fatally shot on January 9 in Tehran, recounts that when she went to the Adran Crossroads Criminal Investigation Police (Agahi) to retrieve her daughter's body, she told one of the officers:

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 20/08/2026

🔴The death sentence of Mr. Ghaem (Arian) Hosseini, a 21-year-old foreign national and one of the individuals arrested during the January 2026 protests in Isfahan, was carried out on Thursday, August 20, 2026. The location of the execution has not been made public.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 19/08/2026

🔴The Islamic Republic of Iran has carried out at least 932 executions so far in 2026, including 28 in August alone. This week, we take a closer look at the 901 executions carried out during the first seven months of the year – an average of more than four executions every day.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 18/08/2026

🔴Parham Aqa Mohammadi Dehaqi was scheduled to go house-hunting with his partner on January 10, 2026.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 16/08/2026

🔴The judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran announced that the death sentence of Shahram Sadeghi, one of the detainees from the January 2026 protests in Karaj, was carried out at dawn on Sunday, August 16, 2026.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 16/08/2026

🔴Seyed Gholam Heydar Hosseini, an Afghan national who held valid legal residence permits and had lived in Iran as a laborer for nearly 30 years, was arrested on the street alongside his son and transferred to a deportation camp for undocumented migrants.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 15/08/2026

🔴Sepehr Amirzadeh, who was detained during the January 2026 nationwide protests in Isfahan, has been sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court on charges of "Moharebeh" (waging war against God). His case is currently under review by the Supreme Court.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 14/08/2026

🔴Flogging is a cruel, inhuman, and degrading punishment that is strictly prohibited under international law.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 11/08/2026

🔴Since the beginning of 2026, the Islamic Republic of Iran has carried out at least 916 executions, 15 of which occurred in August.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 09/08/2026

🔴Ya'qub Mehrnahad, a Baluch journalist and civil activist, was sentenced to death on charges of "Moharebeh and spreading corruption on Earth" following months of detention, torture, a closed-door trial, and without access to a lawyer. #Ya'qubMehrnahad

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 07/08/2026

🔸Following broken government promises and Parliament’s rejection of the plan to grant Qazvin province status, around 30,000 residents took to the streets.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 06/08/2026

🔴Iranian Lawyer Who Represented Family of 2022 Protest Victim Sentenced to Prison 🔸#BabakEslamiFarsani, an Iranian defense attorney was sentenced by the Revolutionary Court of Tehran on August 2 to 9 months in prison on charges of "propaganda against the regime".

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 05/08/2026

🔴After converting to Christianity, married couple #AbbasAmiri and #SakinehRahnama secretly ran a church in their own home. In 2008, security forces raided the church, and severely beat Mr. Amiri Mrs. Rahnama to death. A brief look at this tragic event:

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 04/08/2026

🔴The Islamic Republic of Iran has carried out at least 908 executions so far in 2026, of which 67 occurred in July and 8 in August . The actual number of executions is likely significantly higher as Iran withholds data on executions to avoid public scrutiny.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 03/08/2026

🔴The Judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran announced that the death sentences of #OmidBehzad and #PouryaSafvat, two prisoners accused of 'espionage and intelligence cooperation with Israel,' were carried out at dawn on Monday, August 3, 2026, following confirmation by the Supreme Court.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 02/08/2026

🔴J’afar Kavoosi Roozbahani, a 30-year-old worker from Meshkindasht, was shot by security forces on motorcycles while crossing the street. Witnesses report that the shooters were chanting "Heydar, Heydar" when they shot him in the heart from behind.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 01/08/2026

🔴 According to a published report, the death sentence of Arvin Kheirkhah, one of the detainees of the January 2026 nationwide protests, was carried out on Saturday morning, August 1, 2026, in Shahroud Prison.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 29/07/2026

🔴Alireza Tavassoli, a 12-year-old boy, was fatally beaten by security forces during the 40th-day memorial service at Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery in Tehran for Neda Agha-Soltan, a protester killed during the 2009 protests. #AlirezaTavassoli

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 28/07/2026

🔴Since the beginning of 2026, the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center has documented the execution of at least 886 people in Iran, 56 of which were carried out in July alone.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 28/07/2026

🔴The death sentences of Abolfazl Sepahi Badjani and Amirhossein Safari Hosseinabadi, two individuals detained during the January 2026 protests in Isfahan, were carried out in public at Alikhani Square in Isfahan on Tuesday morning, July 28, 2026.

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @iranrights.org · 27/07/2026

🔴14th Day of Ghezel Hesar Prisoners' Strike: Demands to Reform Drug Offense Execution Laws

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