Overview
- Volker Türk, the UN human rights chief, reported at least 21 executions and more than 4,000 detentions since Iran’s war with the United States and Israel began two months ago, and he urged authorities to stop further executions.
- The UN said nine people were executed over the January protests, ten for alleged membership in opposition groups, and two on espionage charges.
- The rights office detailed disappearances, torture and forced confessions, with some minors now facing possible death sentences.
- Prison conditions were described as dire, with scarce food, water, hygiene supplies and medical care, and at least five inmates killed by security forces in Chabahar during protests over missed meals.
- The NGO Iran Human Rights counted 3,646 arrests to date, including 767 after a ceasefire began on April 8.