• Iran executed at least 1,639 people in 2025, a 68% increase from the previous year, averaging four to five executions per day.
  • Since the start of the US-Israel war with Iran, over 4,000 individuals have been arrested on national security charges, with at least 21 executed.
  • Internet access has been severely disrupted, with the government cracking down on VPN connections and satellite terminals.
  • Court cases of political prisoners are being accelerated and becoming less transparent, allowing death sentences to be handed down and carried out sooner.
  • Pressure on ill political prisoners has increased, with Narges Mohammadi recently suffering a heart attack.

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