1981

1981 in Iran: 1 documented event and 0 named victims of state repression.

Documented events: 1
Named victims: 0

A year-by-year record of repression in Iran. Below are the events documented for 1981, followed by the people whose deaths that year are named in our database.

1981-06-20 — Beginning of mass executions of MEK and leftist activists. Following clashes with the People's Mojahedin, thousands of political prisoners are arrested, tortured, and executed over the next two years.

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