Iran: Human Rights Situation Spirals Deeper Into Crisis, HRW Says

Iranian authorities in 2025 carried out executions on a scale unseen since the late 1980s, carried out mass killings in response to protests across the country, conducted mass and arbitrary arrests, and ratcheted up repression under the guise of national security, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday in its World Report 2026. 

The deadly crackdown on the protests that erupted in late December escalated sharply in early 2026, as security forces carried out mass killings of protesters and bystanders...