As the internet blackout in Iran continues, I am urgently fundraising for the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran (www.iranrights.com) a trusted, independent, non-political, non-profit dedicated to documenting human rights violations.

The Islamic Republic has spent decades enforcing repression. Today, that repression has escalated into widespread violence, and now an on-going internet blackout which censors the population and hides their crimes against humanity.

In January, mass killings of protesters were reported across the country, followed by widespread arrests. Since then, an ongoing war, near-total internet blackouts, and systemic censorship have made it increasingly difficult to verify and share confirmed numbers, news, or updates, limiting visibility into the scale of these tragedies and injustices. Evidence is being hidden while millions of Iranians remain cut off from the world. They are unprotected, and remain at risk of being retaliated against from their own government.

This is where Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran’s work is critical. They document executions, state violence, and due process violations with care and objectivity, preserving thousands of names, cases, and testimonies. Verified records make the scale of these crimes undeniable, turning individual accounts into evidence the world can recognize, trust, and act on. By building public records and amplifying victims’ voices, they prevent denial and lay the groundwork for future accountability.

Undocumented crimes are easily covered up. The regime is more likely to act without consequence when the full extent of violence is hidden.

Executions are happening daily now. Individuals detained during protests are being sentenced and carried out without fair trials or due process. These cases are part of a broader pattern of state violence. The Islamic Republic, the IRGC and their security forces continue deadly crackdowns while internet restrictions limit visibility. Accountability depends on the truth being recorded.

Documentation under a regime that shuts down the internet, restricts communication, threatens families, withholds bodies, and conceals evidence is difficult, dangerous, costly. It requires secure communication tools to bypass shutdowns, trusted networks on the ground, legal verification of each case, translation, data protection, and the time-intensive work of cross-checking every name, death, and testimony under constant risk.

Supporting this work means protecting the truth and saving lives.

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