Iran Human Rights Monitor

In the aftermath of the 12-day war between Iran and Israel and under the cover of a fragile ceasefire, Iran’s authorities have launched a new campaign of domestic repression reminiscent of their worst past atrocities. Last month, guards at Evin Prison in Tehran secretly loaded political prisoners onto 20 buses and forcibly transferred them to notorious sites of abuse and neglect, such as Qarchak and the Greater Tehran Penitentiary, and some were even taken to unknown sites. These moves, alongside reports of torture, death sentences, solitary confinement, and enforced disappearances, and the alarming rise of executions point to a deliberate escalation that could constitute crimes against...