For journalists, editors and researchers

Headline figures with sources

Copy these with the confirmation date attached. Where a range exists, the lower bound is the verified named count and the upper bound is the highest credible published estimate.

Machine-readable datasets

Every table on this site is generated from open JSON. Journalists and researchers can pull the data directly rather than scraping pages.

• victims.json — named victim records with dates, locations and sources.
• timeline.json — the dated chronology from 1979 to the present.
• key-facts.json — headline figures with confirmation dates.
• comparison.json — official claims paired with verified findings.
• glossary.json — terminology with transliterations.
• feed.xml and sitemap.xml — publication feed and full page index.

Image rights in three categories

Style and verification notes for newsrooms

• Distinguish counts from estimates. Verified named counts are floors. Do not present an estimate and a verified count as competing versions of the same measurement.
• Date every number. Figures move; an undated toll ages badly and becomes a correction.
• Name the monitor. “Human-rights groups say” is unfalsifiable; “Iran Human Rights recorded” is checkable.
• Protect sources inside Iran. Do not republish identifying detail about families who spoke anonymously, and assume that reposting a private account exposes it.
• Transliteration. Names follow the spelling used by the originating monitor, with common alternatives listed in the glossary.

Corrections and additions are welcome and are acted on: write via the contact page with the URL, the disputed passage and the evidence. Correction practice and sourcing standards are documented in Methodology.

Frequently asked questions

Can I republish text and data from this site?

Yes. The written record and the datasets are published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Credit “iranholocaust.org” with a link, and keep the underlying source citations so your readers can verify the claim independently.

Can I republish the photographs?

Not automatically. Photographs fall into three groups: Wikimedia Commons images under their own licences, which travel with the credit shown in the caption; agency and news photographs reproduced here under editorial fair use, which you must license from the rights holder; and AI-generated illustrations, which are labelled as such and must never be presented as documentary evidence.

How current are the figures?

Each figure carries the date it was last confirmed. Death tolls and execution counts are updated when the originating monitor publishes a revision; the journal is updated continuously. Always cite the date shown next to the number rather than the date you read the page.

Who can I interview or quote?

The site is maintained as an independent documentary record and does not offer named spokespeople. For attributable comment, contact the originating organisations — Iran Human Rights, HRANA, Amnesty International, the Center for Human Rights in Iran, or the UN Special Rapporteur's office.

What terminology does the site use, and why?

“Islamic Republic” for the governing system rather than “Iran” for the state's actions, so that a country is not conflated with a government; “executed” rather than “hanged” where the judicial process is being described; “killed” rather than “died” where security forces used lethal force; and “verified” only for named cases with two independent strands of evidence.