March 30, 2026 In this episode of Conversations on Genocide, Beth is joined by Michał Jagielski, Senior Iran The conversation highlights how the US, Israel, Iran, and all U.N. member states have the responsibility

relations are explicitly banned in 72 countries, according to the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans

Iran’s Execution Campaign Against Protesters Human Rights Watch Sep 11, 2026 Day after day, Iranian authorities Human Rights Watch, along with our partners the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran states should put pressure on Iranian authorities to end the crackdown but until then, the message in Iran

Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran’s Islamic Republic has had a theocratic form of governance, in Iran’s Islamic Republic has severely restricted social and political freedoms, especially for women. Her death resulted in a massive protests in Iran and around the world. Under Iran’s penal code, homosexuality is punishable by death. Pezeshkian promised  to make Iran more prosperous, open, and engaged with the West.

Shia Islam is the dominant faith in Iran. Baha’is are Iran’s most significant non-Muslim religious minority. Protests against the regime have since erupted throughout Iran. of Iran’s population. Iran's laws encourage state and societal violence against them.

More than 40 journalists in Burkina Faso have taken part in a military-style "patriotism" training course Burkina Faso, like several of its neighbours, has for more than a decade been hit by deadly violence High-school students sitting their end-of-school leaving exams have been required to do a similar type of training Organised by the security ministry, the journalists' training was held at a police academy near the capital

Iran's national flag flies in the capital, Tehran [File: Vahid Salemi/AP] The strategy is not a novelty The data associated with the death penalty in Iran uncovers that minorities are being disproportionately

two political prisoners on Monday for membership in the opposition People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran The ruling government in Iran even violates its own laws. In August 2025, the six prisoners were transferred to Qezel Hesar Prison — a facility notorious for carrying ) based on their alleged connections with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI). :  www.iran1988.org Copyright © 2026 Iran 1988 Massacre | Powered by Iran 1988 Massacre

By Michał Jagielski Protesters hold up a placard reading "Stop Execution in Iran" as they take part in Iran executed four Kurds by hanging on Jan. 29, 2024, having found them guilty of charges of collaborating Photograph: AFP The Kurds, along with other ethnic minorities in Iran, have been suffering from systemic When all of Iran’s actions are taken into account, it is clear that its objective is to “menace the existence In this light, Iran’s campaign against the Kurds can be understood as a form of cultural genocide, a

The Pentagon informed Congress that Iran had no plans to attack the U.S.  attack on Iran. What consequences will the war have for Iran after the war ends? The U.S. Fifth, some form of international intervention could be necessary to protect the transition, a responsibility that would devastate its people and prevent Iran's swift recovery.

Berlin, whose Senate administration oversees immigration enforcement — are set to take effect in less than The protests in question include a mass sit-in at the Berlin central train station, a road blockade, Longbottom, who is trans, lives in Berlin with their partner, an Italian citizen. “As a trans person, the idea of going back to the U.S. right now feels really scary.” Wlaszczyk, who is also trans, hasn’t lived in Poland since the age of ten.

Saul and Phil Stewart October 14, 2026 Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran Razieh Poudat/ISNA/via WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS Iran is deploying new tactics to target severely curtailed traffic through the strait, driving up oil prices, though some oil has continued to transit IRAN USING SPOTTERS A US military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that Iran had changed tactics in one significant way: after the US destroyed much of Iran’s radar capabilities, Iran's