Iran’s New Weapon: Group Prosecutions of Protesters Send Dozens Toward the Gallows

Protesters are being tried collectively, in fast-tracked prosecutions that deny defendants individual trials and due process and end in death sentences and executions August 12, 2026 — In an extraordinary escalation of post-protest repression, Iranian authorities have sentenced dozens of protesters to death in group prosecutions that have been fast-tracked through the country’s Revolutionary Courts, […] The post Iran’s New Weapon: Group Prosecutions of Protesters Send Dozens Toward the Gallows appeared first on Center for Human Rights in Iran .