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Source: https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/02/24/iran-tsunami-of-arbitrary-arrests-enforced-disappearances
Iran: A Tsunami of Arbitrary Arrests, Enforced Disappearances
(Human Rights Watch) Iran's intelligence agencies and security forces have carried out mass, arbitrary, violent arrests and detentions of tens of thousands of protesters, including children, since Dec. 28, 2025. Authorities have subjected detainees to torture and those detained are at serious risk of death in custody with secret executions. Media outlets affiliated with the IRGC have broadcast hundreds of protesters' coerced "confessions." Since the start of the protests, officials have vilified protesters, repeatedly referring to them as "criminals" and mohareb, an individual "waging war against God," which is a capital offense.