It has been almost three months since Peyvand Naimi, 30, was arrested in connection with the mass street protests that spread across Iran in January before being brutally suppressed. Since then, he has been detained for more than a month in solitary confinement, appeared in a televised forced confession, and has undergone two mock hangings, beatings, interrogation, psychological torture and starvation.
He has been accused of involvement in the deaths of security agents during the protests and of celebrating the death of Iran’s former supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, but his family insist he has done nothing wrong and that no formal charges have been made. He has been denied access to a lawyer; his relatives fear he now faces execution.
“My whole body was shaking when I heard about the torture he has endured,” says Zahra Hosseini*, a close relative. “It’s unbelievable. I am very worried.”
Naimi’s uncertain fate comes amid concerns that a surge in executions is taking place in Iran and has been “overshadowed” by the US-Israeli war on Iran. At least 145 people are confirmed to have been killed in 2026 so far, with an additional 400-plus executions reported but not verified, according to Iran Human Rights.
Why on earth would they want to keep the execution of traitors secret? Now would be the best time to bring the rioters and other scum in front of the public, show the people the damage they have caused, and make an example of them for anyone else thinking of collaborating with the CIA. Do these journalists have zero braincells?
weird ass headline
“Is the Guardian using its platform to manufacture more consent for this evil, pointless war on Iran?”
Is Trump using the war to hide the files?
They hid it?
Lol the down votes on this article. I love how Iran became “good” because the US became “bad”.
Look up critical support
Nah, this is put in front of our eyes to help this stupid war go down easier. All sides are shit, my boy.
If all sides are shit then this is relevant. Whether it “helps the war go down easier” or not. “My boy”
Is it relevant? Should the US bomb them even harder, my man?
Are you dull? You don’t think news of a government executing protesters is relevant news because “you just want to hate on the US?”
Do you honestly believe this piece isn’t manufacturing consent? It’s the intent that sickens me. What Iran is doing is shit, but what US-Israel is doing is Nazi levels of shit.
Too dumb to talk to. Bye.
It seemed like a pretty well reasoned response. Pretty telling that this is when you gave up.
Cya, my boy.
Hey, all you mAnUfAcTuRiNg cOnSeNt folks: did Chomsky manufacture consent for Epstein’s victims? Iran’s regime has been murdering its citizens en masse for 50 years. Fuck off with making this about the USA.
I don’t understand this comment… Does being a piece of shit mean he was wrong? Because he wasn’t.
Isn’t whataboutism distracting?
