Iran: Growing Evidence of Countrywide Massacres
UN Member States Should Call for Human Rights Council Special Session
February 4, 2026
Iranian authorities carried out executions on a scale unseen since the late 1980s, conducted mass and arbitrary arrests, and ratcheted up repression, especially following the June armed conflict with Israel and under the guise of national security, in 2025.
UN Member States Should Call for Human Rights Council Special Session
Large Munitions During 12-Day Conflict Hit Far from Military Targets
Disclose Whereabouts of Forcibly ‘Disappeared;’ Free those Held Unjustly
Scores of Civilians Killed in Strikes on Tehran Facility Holding Political Prisoners
HRW Oral Statement - 39th Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council
Wave of Arbitrary Detentions, Property Confiscations
Urgent International Action Needed to Protect Scores of Prisoners at Risk
Foreign Governments Should Seek Ways to Bring Those Responsible to Account
Large Munitions During 12-Day Conflict Hit Far from Military Targets
Widespread Arrests, Executions, Charges Against Minorities
Disclose Whereabouts of Forcibly ‘Disappeared;’ Free those Held Unjustly
Scores of Civilians Killed in Strikes on Tehran Facility Holding Political Prisoners