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Iran executes two men arrested over January 2026 protests, Mizan reports

Mizan said Alireza Sepahi and Alireza Raeisi were sentenced to death on charges including "membership in an armed rebel group, and waging war against God through carrying weapons."

Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026. The nationwide protests started in Tehran's Grand Bazaar against the failing economic policies in late December, which spread to universities and other cities
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 23, 2026.

Bereaved Iranians respond to Pezeshkian's claims to UNGA that US, Israel armed January protesters

UN High commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk (3rd L) delivers his speech during the 63rd session of United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, in Geneva, on September 7, 2026.

UN probe finds Iran committed crimes against humanity in crackdown, cites US and Israel for strikes

A protester holds a portrait of Mahsa Amini during a demonstration in support of Amini, a young Iranian woman who died after being arrested in Tehran by the Islamic Republic’s morality police, on Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul on September 20, 2022.PremiumPremium

'The Islamic Republic is already dead': A journalist's view from Iran - interview


Khamenei issued no mercy, 'shoot to kill' orders to quell protests across Iran - NYT

According to the officials, security forces were then deployed to the streets with "shoot to kill" orders and told to show protesters no mercy. 

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2026.

Iran may have slaughtered 30,000 protesters in 48-hour intense crackdown - report

If the estimates are true, the only comparable massacre in history databases would be the murder of 33,000 Jews in the Babyn Yar massacre during the Holocaust outside of Kyiv in 1941.

Fires are lit as protesters rally on January 8, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

Iran security forces shoved wounded protesters into body bags, executed live patients in hospitals

In a shocking revelation, the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center has reported the case of a young, wounded protester who survived by pretending to be dead inside a body bag.

 People gather during protest on January 8, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

Georgia rep. calls for removal of Iranian official's daughter from Emory university faculty

Dr. Ardeshir-Larijani is the daughter of Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. The Emory University School of Medicine lists her as an assistant professor.

IRAN'S SUPREME National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani speaks after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon August 13, 2025.

'How many more of us need to be killed?' Iranian woman calls on Trump to aid protesters - N12

"We're waiting for President Trump to keep his promise," she said. "Mr. Trump, where are you now?"

Fires are lit as protesters rally on January 8, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

Iran will fire 'everything we have' if under attack by US, FM Araghchi warns in WSJ op-ed

"Our powerful armed forces have no qualms about firing back with everything we have if we come under renewed attack," Araghchi wrote in his opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrives at the government palace to meet Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, in Beirut, Lebanon, January 9, 2026

Iran Interior Ministry official defects, calls for US action against regime amid violent crackdown

“People are waiting for Trump, and if he does nothing, widespread hatred toward him will emerge among Iranians,” stated the rebel official from Iran's Interior Ministry.

Demonstrators cast shadows on a "Lion and Sun" pre-Iranian Revolution national flag during a rally in support of protests in Iran. January 17, 2026.

Executions in Iran soared in 2025 as regime used killings as 'tool of intimidation,' UN says

Human rights groups warned the regime stepped up executions in response to the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom protests, which erupted in response to the regime’s murder of Mahsa Amini.

A woman is holding a sign with the portrait of a man condemned to death by hanging and the slogan No to Execution in Paris in France on January 18, 2026

Child among protesters sexually assaulted in Iran, rights group says

HRW and Amnesty warn that Tehran uses rape, sexual violence, and torture to suppress dissent, continuing a pattern of violence following previous protests.

Illustrative People step on an Iranian flag at a march in support of nationwide protests in Iran, Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 18, 2026.

Iran's regime is cornered. Israel's actions will help decide if it lives or dies - opinion

If Jerusalem’s posture now appears passive, Tehran wins twice. If Israel instead acts – decisively and intelligently – to help Iranians bring down the regime, a different strategic horizon opens up.

Members of the Iranian Jewish community in Israel hold a demonstration in support of the Iranian people in the city of Holon, central Israel, January 14, 2026.