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8 Oct 2026, 12:23

On Thursday, October 8, Reuters reported in an investigative piece based on interviews with over 75 human rights experts, lawyers, and Iranian citizens that Iran has witnessed the most severe crackdown by the Islamic Republic in decades following the protests in December.

According to Reuters, the security and judicial apparatus of the Islamic Republic, in collaboration with the state media, is attempting to create an atmosphere of fear and silence dissenters through hasty executions, closed trials, widespread legal prosecutions, and the publication of forced confessions.

The report states that since March 18, 2025, at least 34 individuals connected to the December protests have been executed. Five of them were executed in just the past 10 days. In contrast, over the four years following the 2021 protests, a total of 15 individuals were executed in connection with those protests.

Reuters also reported that Armenian security officials warned a group of Iranian protesters in May about serious threats to their lives and urged them to leave the country for the safety of themselves and their families.

Ashkan, a 30-year-old Iranian protester who attended the meeting with Armenian security officials, said they were warned that individuals had likely been dispatched to kidnap, assassinate, or harm them. Reuters noted that his account was corroborated by statements from another protester who was present at the same meeting, along with an audio recording of that session.

Reuters further reported that the security agencies of the Islamic Republic have extended pressure on critics beyond Iran's borders by threatening the families of dissenters living abroad, revoking passports, and refusing to provide consular services.
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