Overview
- Amnesty International says at least 30 people linked to the January protests face the death penalty, with eight sentenced in February within weeks of arrest, including 18-year-old Saleh Mohammadi and 19-year-old Mohammad Amin Biglari.
- Iran Human Rights reports at least 26 detainees from the December–January unrest are imminently at risk of execution and says hundreds more, including minors, could face capital charges.
- Rights groups document forced confessions, incommunicado detention, and courts rejecting independent lawyers in expedited Revolutionary Court proceedings.
- Iran’s judiciary pledged on 16 February to punish perceived ringleaders without leniency and reported 8,843 protest-related indictments the following day.
- Monitoring groups note multiple executions carried out this week across several provinces, as Amnesty and IHR urge urgent international action, UN access to trials and detention sites, and steps toward accountability.