As the Government Turns Up the Heat, Iranians Need the World's Support

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : For a moment in time, the world stood in solidarity with the people of Iran.
57% : Multinational institutions, particularly those focusing on human rights, must ramp up their scrutiny and help see Iran through to real, attainable change.
56% : Solidarity makes certain that voices from within Iran, especially marginalized communities and activists, are heard, amplified, and supported beyond the headlines.
56% : There is clear evidence to suggest that, at times, when Iran is in the spotlight, harsher tactics subside.
54% : The U.N. Human Rights Committee is set for its fourth periodic review of Iran under the ICCPR in October 2023.
52% : The path ahead demands a dual approach: continued international solidarity with the people of Iran and unwavering vigilance against human rights abuses from policymakers.
46% : The continued use of targeted human rights sanctions regimes is a key component to closing the accountability gap in Iran.
44% : Today, the international community should center its focus on the widespread, systematic abuse against women and girls in Iran and commit to coordinated action aimed at justice and accountability.
40% : Mahsa's death sparked the months-long "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests that stretched across all 31 provinces in Iran and more than 150 cities across the globe.
40% : In February 2023, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran, Javaid Rehman, in his report to the Human Rights Council, stated that the "scale and violence committed by Iranian authorities pointed to "the possible commission of international crimes, notably crimes against humanity."
35% : In Iran, these months were by no means peaceful; several thousands faced arrest and at least five hundred were killed, including children, and others severely wounded.
34% : Since the Sep. 16, 2022, death in custody of Mahsa Jina Amini, an Iranian woman detained by the country's religious morality police, Iran has alarmingly executed at least 640 individuals in state-sanctioned killings.

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