MonthsDaysHoursMinutesSecondssince the massacre. The blackout continues.So must attention.
We remember the brave.
On the nights of January 8 and 9, 2026, the Islamic Republic cut Iran’s internet and opened fire on civilians who had taken to the streets. Independent verification of the toll is still ongoing.
The IRSA team made this short film for Nowruz 2585 — a quiet tribute to the women, men and children who did not come home. Press play when you are ready.
- Executions353 documented in February 2026 across 31 provinces and 65 cities — Iran HRM
- PaceOne execution every two hours during the final week of January 2026
- Record12 new witness testimonies added to the Iran Watch archive this week
- BlackoutInternet enters day 8 in Zahedan — families cannot reach families
- Exhibition"A Modern Genocide in the 21st Century" — opening Queens, NY
- Volunteers47 testimonies awaiting translation; translators needed at [email protected]
- UN2025 marked the deadliest year for executions in Iran in decades — OHCHR
Recent Tweets · From the organizations on the ground
US forces have redirected 118 commercial vessels and disabled five as part of the US blockade against Iran as of Sunday, US Central Command said in a post on X.
Iranian authorities are holding Abolfazl Damanjani, a disabled Mashhad shopkeeper arrested Jan. 10, without trial after more than four months, while his wife undergoes chemotherapy and his bank accounts remain frozen, relatives told IranWire. More:
Bahrain’s Public Prosecution has launched investigations into an organization allegedly linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards, the country's state news agency BNA reported. The report said the organization was formed by members of the dissolved Islamic Scholars Council and
Iran's top security official Ali Bagheri Kani said Tehran demands the U.S. release all frozen Iranian assets with no conditions, rejecting limits to a specific sum, after President Trump said he would not lift sanctions or unblock assets in any deal. More:
این گربه برای اینکه هر روز بتونه فیله مرغ بخوره، صاحبش باید بتونه برای #اشغال_گران_ایران خوب ماله بکشه. طبقه متوسط وسطباز وسطخواب
این گربه برای اینکه هر روز بتونه فیله مرغ بخوره، صاحبش باید بتونه برای #اشغال_گران_ایران خوب ماله بکشه. طبقه متوسطی که باید به غذای گربهاش فکر کنه، نمیتونه کنار مردم بایسته.
According to @IranIntl_En, citing unspecified sources, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has reportedly tendered his resignation. Per the report, President Pezeshkian cited the increasing influence of a bloc within the IRGC and their growing overmatch over other top
آذر یاهو طرقبه، ۳۸ ساله که از ۱۴ اسفند در بازداشت است با وجود نیاز فوری به درمان به خاطر وضعیت بسیار نامساعد سلامتی، پس از عمل جراحی در ناحیه رحم، همچنان از درمان و اعزام محروم است. آذر به خاطر آنچه استفاده از استیکر قلب برای ترامپ و نتانیاهو در اینستاگرام خوانده شده و ابراز
سیما انبائی،۳۳ ساله، اهل فریمان، شاعر، بازیگر تئاتر و کارشناس ارشد حقوق، که ۲۵ اسفند ۱۴۰۴ بازداشت و در زندان وکیلآباد محبوس بود، امروز با وثیقه ۲ میلیاردی نزد شعبه ۳ دادگاه انقلاب مشهد آزاد شد. سیما به «لیدری اعتراضات»، «تشویق به تجمع»، «تبلیغ علیه نظام»، «اقدام علیه امنیت ملی»
According to new figures from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), as of today, U.S. forces have redirected 118 commercial vessels and disbled 5 in support the naval blockade of Iran.
Unverified via Iran International: Iran's president Masoud Pezeshkian has requested to step down from his position. No secondary sourcing so far.
Sen. Lindsey Graham: Any Iran deal must end its nuclear program, open the Strait of Hormuz, and stop terror funding. No linkage to Israel's operations against Hezbollah and Hamas.
#مسعود_پیاهو، کسی که ویدیوی مرد نشسته مقابل موتوسواران یگانویژه در خیابان جمهوری تهران را منتشر کرد، به ۱۰ سال زندان محکوم شد. ویدیوی این مرد که در دومین روز اعتراضات دیماه ۱۴۰۴ منتشر شد، به سرعت وایرال و به یکی از نمادهای اعتراضات تبدیل شد.
Diana Taherabadi, a 16-year-old arrested during Iran’s January protests, remains detained 126 days after her arrest in the Juvenile Correction and Rehabilitation Center of Kachooie Prison in Karaj. According to HRANA, she was subjected to forced confessions and her case has been
According to the U.N. human rights office, drone strikes accounted for more than 80% of conflict related civilian deaths in Sudan between January and April 2026, killing at least 880 people. The Sudanese Armed Forces operate Iranian (IRGC) Mohajer 6 drones alongside Turkish
معضل ج.ا. در پای میز مذاکره حل نمیشود. آمریکا زمانی قادر به کنترل چنین حکومتی است که گزینه معتبر نطامیاش روی میز باشد.
Live posts from public X accounts of journalists, news agencies, OSINT desks and human-rights organizations covering Iran. Tap a card to read the original.
A Call to Conscience.
“Never Again” must mean never again for anyone, anywhere.
A 180-page witness record assembling what is known about January 2026 — names, places, hospital reports, satellite testimony — alongside the independent verification work being done by HRANA, the BBC, Iran International, Amnesty and Human Rights Watch.
The preprint is openly readable. It is documentation, not commentary. It exists so the record cannot be quietly walked back.
- Documented
- February 4, 2026
- Length
- 180 pages
- Care of
- Iran Watch · IRSA at UCF
Forty-eight hours.
A communications blackout. Snipers on rooftops. Hospitals raided for the wounded. The shape of the two days that everyone documenting this story keeps returning to.
- Dec 28, 2025
Nationwide demonstrations begin after months of compounding pressure on the streets.
- Jan 8, 8:00 PM
Approximately 99% of Iran's internet connectivity is cut. Phone lines follow.
- Jan 8–9, 2026
The forty-eight hours from which the bulk of the verified records — hospital photographs, morgue footage, family testimony — would later be reconstructed.
- Jan 13, 2026
Iran International publishes its multi-stage investigation, drawing on sources inside hospitals, morgues, and the security apparatus.
- Feb 1, 2026
HRANA records 6,842 confirmed deaths and 11,280 additional cases under verification.
Independently documented.
These are not our numbers. They are the figures published, with methodology, by organisations whose verification standards have been tested against earlier atrocities — and whose sources inside Iran took on personal risk to make the record exist.
Figures current as of the preprint’s documentation cut-off on February 4, 2026. Verification work by all four organisations is ongoing.
We preserve the voices others want silenced and publish what fear tries to bury.
Iran Watch is the civic-record arm of IRSA — the Iranian Student Association at UCF. We organize awareness events, archive verified evidence, and publish first-hand testimony from witnesses inside Iran, so that what the regime denies, the world is forced to read.
The numbers most newsrooms will not print.
Each figure below is independently verified, attributable, and dated. Behind every digit is a person whose name we are still working to record.
Executions documented in a single month
February 2026 · across 31 provinces, 65 cities · Iran HRM
Execution every two hours
Final days of January 2026 · 72 executions in 144 hours
The deadliest year in decades
Highest known executions since 2000 · UN OHCHR
Want to help carry this?
Translation from Persian. Verification leads. A name we have missed. A photograph a family wants added to the record. Anything you can lend, we’ll write back from a real address.