Iran Politics & Protests Watch

Iran's regime intensifies repression of women activists through arrests, torture and internet blackouts as a survival strategy.

Domestic resistance...

Human Rights Violations Update

• 🔥 Weekly Bulletin Released: The OIAC Human Rights Bulletin for June 29-July 5 2026 reports 141 executions, the...

The regime's propaganda machine deployed AI-generated images of massive crowds at Khamenei's funeral, complete with architectural errors and garbled...

• Iran's government emerged emboldened from the war, claiming it withstood US and Israeli attacks while securing regional leverage, yet ordinary...

Iran's leaders brand mere survival a triumph after losing two wars, its nuclear program, and supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei, yet this masks an...

Crackdown Tactics on January Protesters

• 🔥 Gallows and Bribes: The regime is fast-tracking death sentences for 12 protesters in the Ali Khani...

Iran's domestic crackdowns and foreign threats are triggering simultaneous diplomatic and military pushback from Washington and London.

• US...

The regime staged elaborate funeral processions for Khamenei, with millions on streets, yet many attended due to US attacks rather than genuine...

• Mostafa Adgarsalehi, 41, took to the streets on January 9 dreaming of change for his people before IRGC forces killed him.
• Abolfazl Jahedi, 18,...

• Regime supporters lionized Khamenei as a martyr who defied the West, turning out in massive funeral crowds.
• Yet decades of repression, January's...

Protest Crackdowns and Justice Calls

• 🔥 Amnesty International Statement: Amnesty International called for global pressure on Iran six months...

Iranian officials struck a defiant tone, vowing that "bullying and breaking its promises no longer come without consequences" and warning "If you...

While recent conflicts may have boosted Iran's geopolitical standing, many citizens see little relief amid the aftermath of mass protests, brutal crackdowns, and a deteriorating economy.

Shahrnush Parsipur, jailed four times under two regimes for novels voicing women's silenced experiences, died in US exile at 80. Her banned Women...

External sanctions and military pressures have paradoxically consolidated domestic loyalty to Iran's regime amid severe economic hardship. Inflation...

A lawsuit alleges the Trump administration shared confidential asylum files of Iranian dissidents, pro-democracy protesters, religious minorities, and...

Amnesty International warns that the international community's inaction six months after Iran's January 2026 mass killings risks enabling further...

A new 2026 report documents systematic targeting of Christians, with 254 arrests in 2025—nearly double the prior year—and over 280 years of prison...

A lawsuit alleges the Trump administration illegally shared confidential asylum details of Iranian pro-democracy protesters, religious minorities, and...

Ongoing Hunger Strikes Against Executions

• 🔥 128th Week of 'No to Execution Tuesdays': Political and ideological prisoners in 57 prisons...