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Glossary

The institutions, laws and vocabulary of the Islamic Republic's repression apparatus, explained.

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IRGC (Sepah) — Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — a parallel military and economic conglomerate answering to the Supreme Leader; lead force in suppressing protests.
Basij — Volunteer paramilitary subordinate to the IRGC; routinely deployed against demonstrators.
Gasht-e Ershad — 'Guidance Patrol' / morality police; enforces mandatory hijab. Mahsa Amini died in its custody in September 2022.
Evin Prison — Tehran prison notorious for the detention of political prisoners, journalists, and dual nationals.
Woman, Life, Freedom (Zan, Zendegi, Azadi) — Slogan of the 2022 uprising, adapted from the Kurdish 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadî'.
The Two Nights — 8–9 January 2026 — coordinated mass killings across multiple Iranian cities; Rasht recorded the deadliest single night.
Crimson Winter — Name used on iranholocaust.org for the December 2025 – February 2026 nationwide uprising.
Bloody November — November 2019 protests against a fuel-price hike; 304+ killed in days under a nationwide internet shutdown.
Bloody Friday (Zahedan) — 30 September 2022 massacre in Zahedan, Sistan-Baluchestan; at least 96 killed in a single day.
MEK / NCRI — Mojahedin-e Khalq / National Council of Resistance of Iran. iranholocaust.org has no affiliation with this organisation.
IHR — Iran Human Rights — Oslo-based NGO documenting executions and protest fatalities.
HRANA — Human Rights Activists News Agency — independent network documenting arrests and abuses inside Iran.

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Where does this information come from?: Every record is compiled from published reporting by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Iran Human Rights (IHR), HRANA, the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Iran and the Boroumand Center. Each entry links to its source where one is public.
Can I reuse or cite this page?: Yes. All content on iranholocaust.org is published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Cite the page URL and attribute iranholocaust.org.