Overview

• Iranian authorities have arrested over 700 people since mid-June on espionage accusations following the 12-day war, executing at least six men for alleged collaboration with Israel.
• Parliament fast-tracked an emergency espionage bill that broadens the definition of cooperation with hostile states and imposes harsher punishments, while the judiciary established special courts for swift trials of suspected spies.
• In a July 2 operation named “Martyrs of Security,” IRGC forces raided locations in Sistan and Baluchestan, killing two suspects, detaining more than 50 individuals and seizing a cache of weapons including U.S.-made arms.
• Rights groups report that ethnic and religious minorities—particularly Kurds, Jews and Baha’is—as well as freedom-of-speech activists have been disproportionately targeted and subjected to expedited trials.
• Security checkpoints in major cities, exhaustive mobile device searches for Israel-related content and rapid executions have been used to instill fear and suppress dissent.