As a result of the disputed results of the
June 12 presidential elections, a revolt is underway in Iran.
Although accepted by the Supreme Leader and the Guardian
Council, the landslide win of incumbent candidate Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad was deemed fraudulent by opposition leaders, and
sparked massive demonstrations unprecedented since the 1979
revolution.
In response, the Iranian government has
brutally quelled any expression of dissent. It has attacked
demonstrators for exercising their human right of free
expression; while the total numbers are unknown, hundreds have
been arrested and killed. Hundreds of people have been arrested
in their homes and offices. Countless people have simply
disappeared.
The regime has implemented measures
effectively shutting and slowing down electronic communications.
Websites have been blocked, the Internet has slowed to a crawl,
and cell phones work only intermittently. In short, information
out of Iran in scattered and not always reliable.
The perpetrators of
these abuses of human rights must be held accountable. To that
end, the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center is documenting
the abuses—in writings, photos, videos and interviews of
witnesses. This page contains many such photos and videos. It
will be regularly updated.
We encourage anyone with evidence of human
rights abuses in Iran to contact the Center. Evidence may also
be sent electronically through the Center’s encrypted secure
submissions page.