According to research by the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center, at least 1,009 people have been executed in Iran between January 1 and September 17, 2025. In the latest update, 107 executions were recorded between the beginning of September and September 17.

13. "The Islamic Republic’s War on Iranians" by @ladanboroumand.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

If you’d like to learn more about the history of the Islamic Republic’s animosity toward the United States, this short article provides some historical background: www.persuasion.community/p/why-americ...

Iran's theocracy has waged a brutal campaign on its own citizens for years. Now that the Woman, Life, Freedom movement has stripped the regime of any legitimacy, the mullahs have had no response but to sharpen their instruments of repression. www.journalofdemocra...

My latest piece explores the war the Islamic Republic is waging against its own people—one and the same war it has also waged against liberal democracies. 1 war, 2 fronts. It was submitted a few days before the Israel–Islamic Republic war broke out. t.co/Xx0ZqmrRAe

Worth your time!

At the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center, we work to document the crimes of the Islamic regime. One day, there shall be justice.

Instead of providing assistance and shelter to the public, what remains of the Iranian authorities is preoccupied with censoring, arresting, and executing innocent citizens.

Iran must release Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian born-resident of Sweden, who has been arbitrarily detained since 2016 despite repeated warnings about his deteriorating health, UN experts said.

The Abdorrahman Boroumand Center, together with 83 Iranian and international organizations, has issued a joint statement calling on the international community to take urgent action to stop the alarming wave of executions of Afghan citizens in Iran.

Zelensky responded to the Russian strike on Pryluky that killed three people. A rescuer lost his wife, daughter, and one-year-old grandson when a Shahed drone hit his own home. "This is already the 632nd child killed in the war," he said, urging action from the U.S., Europe, and the world.

Read the full report by the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center on this topic at the link below: www.iranrights.org/fa/library/d...

Violating its citizens' right to life has been a constant in the Islamic Republic's history. The relation between State and citizens is that of God and men. Today 3 people, deprived of due process, were executed. In May 125 victims, in 2025 at least 487 victims.

“Security forces shot him in the back, aiming at his waist, and prevented people from approaching him. They stood over him until he took his last breath.” A brief look at the story of #Erfan_Zamani ⬇️

The death sentence of #MohammadAminMahdaviShayesteh has been upheld by Iran’s Supreme Court. He had previously been sentenced to death by Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court on charges of “insulting sacred values” and “collaboration with the enemy,” based on confessions obtained under torture.

While Trump makes vague threats to Putin on social media, the US blocks G7 from tightening the cap on Russian oil kyivindependent.com/us-blocks-g7...

To extract a forced confession, his jaw and teeth were broken and his fingernails were pulled out. After his secret execution, his body was buried in an undisclosed location, and to this day, his family does not know where he was laid to rest. A brief look at his story ⬇️

Pedram Madani’s mother appeals for a halt to her son’s execution #PedramMadani was arrested in 2019 and sentenced to death on charges of “espionage for Israel.” On May 25, he was transferred without prior notice to Ghezel Hesar Prison, and his family was asked to come for a “final visit.”

Excellent article! It’s a Mistake to Leave Human Rights Out of Iran Talks www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/o...

Arrest warant against Iran's Supreme Leader for crime against humanity. Great news! The Abdorrahman Boroumand Center has published a legal analysis of this terrorist bombing in Argentina. www.iranrights.org/newsletter/i...

What did 14 years of autocratic populism produce in Hungary? Poverty and corruption www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

This, from Timothy Snyder, is definitive, on Greenland open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Your regular invitation to subscribe to my Frankly Fukuyama YouTube channel: youtu.be/CmRRU7gAm6U

Today the 1st Western District Military “Court” in St. Petersburg handed its verdict to Alexander Skobov — a Russian historian, journalist, human rights activist, and Soviet-era political prisoner.

Today the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran released her report! Over 900 executions, including at least 30 women, were recorded in 2024, marking the highest number since 2015.

🇺🇦Supporters of Ukraine have unfurled the world’s largest Ukrainian flag on the White House ellipse, pushing for the U.S. to continue its aid against the Russian invasion: “Do not abandon Ukraine!”

in 1979 they said Freedom is neither Western nor Eastern it is universal.The regime's censorship denied their existence & made them invisible. Denying reality only turns it into an underground wave a wave that grew stronger each year and erupted with the roar of #Woman_Life_Freedom. Happy 8 of March

Abandoning Ukraine means empowering Putin and betraying those fighting for freedom. Suspending aid isn’t strategy - it’s surrender. Every delay costs lives, every weak signal fuels aggression. The world must stand with Ukraine, not enable its destruction. ❤️🇺🇦🇪🇺 #StandWithUkraine #DefendDemocracy

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” — James Baldwin

NEW. Anne Applebaum. “That you take control of state institutions and make them work for you personally...every illiberal leader does...But [what's happening in the US] is more radical than anything any [contemporary] European far-right party has done.” youtu.be/WsBKxgOFSLg?...

This article was published in 2002, its main argument is still valid: www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/ter...

The DOGE Attack on Democracy Promotion open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...

Beginnings

“Now is the moment to recognize the scale of the seismic change unfolding, and to find new ways to live in the world that a very different kind of America is beginning to create” www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Putin is not popular

Zelensky is fighting for freedom. The only thing Trump has ever fought for is himself.

These are tough times for the FBI. As a citizen under attack by a foreign state, I realized the importance of their work. For the first time in my 46-year exile, I felt protected by my adoptive country. Their technical and psychological support was invaluable! Grateful! tinyurl.com/2p9cyb3b

The Department of Government Efficiency isn't interested in efficiency. Or transparency, or cutting costs. It's real goal is to destroy the federal civil service. In other words, regime change. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Guess Which Top Trump Adviser Took USAID Money? newrepublic.com/post/191299/... via @newrepublic.com

"We are acting in the interest of every man who acts decently and fairly by his fellows...I regard this contest as one to determine who shall rule this free country—the people, or a few ruthless and domineering men, whose wealth makes them peculiarly formidable." -- Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, 1907

She could be executed at any moment, as Iran’s Supreme Court rejected the retrial request for Pakhshan Azizi, a political prisoner sentenced to death. Her lawyers cite contradictions in the ruling and question the legal basis of the verdict. #StopExecutionInIran

Reflecting on the profound meaning of Iran's Woman Life Freedom movement: www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...