Featured film
77 Hours — the film about Iran's Two Nights
A psychological thriller by Vahid Mahdavi, set across the nights of 8 and 9 January 2026. Watch the trailers, read the story, and see the documented record behind it.
3-minute guided read
If you only have three minutes
Five stops. One name. One day. One sentence each.
1. The spark
Sept 16 2022: Mahsa Jina Amini, 22, dies in police custody. By morning the streets of Saqqez are full of women without headscarves.
2. The cost
By Feb 2023, monitors document 551+ killed (71 children) and 22,000+ arrested. By Feb 2026 the totals reach 42,000+ killed and 100,000+ detained.
3. Names, not numbers
Nika Shakarami, 16, abducted and killed after burning her hijab. Hadis Najafi, 22, shot six times. Kian Pirfalak, 9, shot in his family’s car.
4. The verdict
The UN Fact-Finding Mission concluded in 2024 that the Islamic Republic committed crimes against humanity — including persecution, murder, torture, and rape.
5. What you do now
Read a name aloud. Send the email. Share the link. Donate to one of the six monitors.
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Documentaries
Long-form documentaries on Iran
Feature films, investigations and a three-part series on the uprising, the crackdown and the people behind the record.
All questions about Iran, answered
Every sourced question and answer on this archive, gathered on one page. Short answers first, with a link to the full page behind each one.