The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect has covered the atrocity risks in Iran in our weekly Atrocity Alert, which highlights situations where populations are at risk of, or are enduring, mass atrocity crimes.

• • • UN expert says likely crimes against humanity committed by Iranian authorities, March 2023
    • UN Human Rights Council establishes Fact-Finding Mission for Iran, November 2022
    • Iranian security forces use excessive and lethal force against protesters, October 2022
    • Dozens killed as deadly force used against protesters in Iran, November 2019

The Global Centre has also highlighted risks in Iran in other publications and advocacy:

• • • Letter to UN Human Rights Council members on atrocity prevention priorities at the Council’s 58th session, February 2025
    • Recommendations for the 48th Session of the Universal Periodic Review, November 2024
    • Joint NGO letter calling for the renewal of the mandates of the SR and FFM on Iran, March 2024
    • UN Human Rights Council must hold a special session on Iran, October 2022