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News, urgent cases, articles, videos and what changed in the archive.
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Iran’s Human Rights Catastrophe: When the World Documents Crimes but Justice Remains Out of Reach
Iran: Documentation Must Lead to Truth, Accountability and Justice
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183 people newly documented
55 confirmed by sources, 128 still need checking.
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Majid Mosayebi
مجید مسیبی Isfahan
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Aghil Keshavarz
عقیل کشاورز 27 years old · Shahroud 20 December 2026
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Mehrab Abdollahzadeh
مهراب عبدالله زاده 29 years old
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Ali Sina Mostafavi
علی سینا مصطفوی 38 years old · Kerman 14 October 2026
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The Arrest Did Not End When the Streets Went Quiet
The gunfire of January was visible. What followed was easier to hide: arrests, detention, prison sentences and families trying to discover what had happened to people taken away. The Iran Massacre currently tracks…
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8 and 9 January: Two Days at the Centre of the Archive
Of the thousands of people named in The Iran Massacre, 4,854 are currently recorded as having been killed on just two days: 8 and 9 January 2026. The scale is extraordinary. But the numbers still do not tell the whole…
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How a Name Enters the Archive
A name does not simply get added to The Iran Massacre. It travels through sources, matching, evidence checks and human review before becoming part of the public record.
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Families First: Protecting the People Behind the Archive
An archive can preserve a name. But the people who loved that person know more than any database ever can.
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Version 6 of The Iran Massacre is now live.
The archive began with one purpose: to preserve the names and evidence of those killed in the crackdown on Iran's nationwide protests of Dey 1404 / January 2026.
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37 people newly documented
- D — Needs verification Hamid Kazemi Needs verification حمید کاظمی
- D — Needs verification Isa Eid Mohammadi Needs verification عیسی عیدمحمدی
- D — Needs verification Shervin Bagherian Jebeli Needs verification شروین باقریان جبلی
- D — Needs verification Mohammad Abdollah Pour Needs verification محمد عبدالله‌پور
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Protecting the Record — and the People Behind It
The Iran Massacre was built to preserve evidence.
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9 people newly documented
- B — One trusted list Amirhossein Sarban امیرحسین ساربان 16 years old · Esfarayen
- B — One trusted list Mostafa Rajabalizadeh مصطفی رجبعلی‌زاده Esfarayen
- B — One trusted list Sajjad Sangsafidi سجاد سنگ‌سفیدی Esfarayen
- B — One trusted list Sajjad Shamsaei سجاد شمسایی Esfarayen
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Vakil Abad, Mashhad, 9 January 2026
Vakilabad Boulevard in Mashhad, Iran, dated January 9, 2026, showing large crowds of protesters amid heavy smoke, fires, and chaos. It document a key site in Iran's January 2026 protests, where Vakilabad saw major…
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395 people newly documented
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Sirous Harbgin Needs verification
سیروس حرب گین
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Abolfazl Khan Gheytaghi Needs verification
ابوالفضل خان قیطاقی
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Mehdiyar Moshtaghi Rashidi Needs verification
مهدی یار مشتاقی رشیدی
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Mehdi Pourhaji Bagher Needs verification
مهدی پورحاجی باقر
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Remembering Jahangir Jamshidi Miad
Video about Jahangir Jamshidi Miad, father of four, shot in the neck in Karaj's Besat neighbourhood.
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Memorial at Abolfazl Heydari-Moslou's grave
Memorial ceremony held at the grave of Abolfazl Heydari-Moslou.
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Fortieth-day memorial for Abolfazl Heydari-Moslou in Qir
Crowds chant at the grave of 17-year-old Abolfazl Heydari-Moslou on his fortieth-day memorial in Qir.
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Football coaches at Mojtaba Tarshiz's fortieth-day memorial
Coaches Farhad Kazemi and Hamid Estili attend the fortieth-day memorial for Mojtaba Tarshiz.
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Mojtaba Tarshiz's fortieth-day memorial and his wife's speech
Fortieth-day memorial for former Tractor and Nassaji footballer Mojtaba Tarshiz, with a speech by his wife.
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Fortieth-day memorial for Meysam Khazaei
Fortieth-day memorial for bodybuilding champion Meysam Khazaei, with music and applause.
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Saeed Torvand's child sings 'Mard-e Tanha' in his memory
Saeed Torvand's child sings 'Mard-e Tanha' in mourning for his father, an oil contractor shot in Abadan.
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1 person newly documented
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57 people newly documented
2 confirmed by sources, 55 still need checking.
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Parisa Zarei
پریسا زارعی 31 years old · Tehran 9 January 2026
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Erfan Kiani
عرفان کیانی 23 years old · Isfahan 8 January 2026
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Ali Ahmadi Needs verification
علی احمدی کرج 8 January 2026
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Nader Torabi Noutash Needs verification
نادر ترابی نوتاش تهران 9 January 2026
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48 people newly documented
2 confirmed by sources, 46 still need checking.
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Tania Abbasi (Tania Abbasi Oghli Fakhrawar)
تانیا عباسی (تانیا عباس اوغلی فخرآور) 21 years old · Tehran 8 January 2026
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Amin (Saeed) Nazerghomi
امین (سعید) ناظر قمی 42 years old · Tehran 8 January 2026
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Maedeh Moradi Kian Needs verification
مائده مرادی کیان
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Yasna Eskandari Needs verification
یسنا (فروغ) اسکندری 8 January 2026
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