Overview
- The UN rights office, which issued its update Wednesday, said Iran has executed at least 21 people and arrested more than 4,000 since late‑February hostilities began.
- Officials reported nine executions tied to January protests, 10 for alleged membership in opposition groups, and two on espionage charges.
- The UN cited fast‑track trials, torture, coerced and sometimes televised confessions, and mock executions that undercut any chance of a fair defense.
- The report detailed lethal prison abuses, including at least five people killed and 21 injured during a food protest at Chabahar Prison, plus two suspected torture deaths in another facility.
- Rights officials warned of secret transfers and worsening health among detainees, naming lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi, and they flagged a 61‑day nationwide internet shutdown that blocks information and medical pleas.