Iran’s Machinery of Repression Escalates: Arbitrary Arrests, Torture, Enforced Disappearances, and Death Sentences After Protest Massacre

More than 53,000 Arrested, Activists and Lawyers Now Increasingly Targeted Reports of Deaths in Custody Emerge as Authorities Fast-Track Sham Trials, Children at Risk of Execution February 25, 2026 — Nearly two months after the Iranian government’s use of military-grade weapons, snipers, and shoot-to-kill orders resulted in the deaths of thousands of protesters across Iran, the […] The post Iran’s Machinery of Repression Escalates: Arbitrary Arrests, Torture, Enforced Disappearances, and Death Sentences After Protest Massacre appeared first on Center for Human Rights in Iran .