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Baktash Abtin

Human Rights Defender

Death in custody

08/01/2022

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Khosrow Alikordi

Human Rights Defender

Accident in suspicious circumstances

06/12/2025

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Maryam Arvin

Human Rights Defender

Suicide in suspicious circumstances

06/02/2023

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Abdolrahman Bakhtiari

Human Rights Defender

17/11/2022

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Donya Farhadi

Human Rights Defender

Suicide in suspicious circumstances

15/12/2022

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Nasrin Ghaderi

Human Rights Defender

Beaten to death

04/11/2022

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Rasoulpour Mohammad Haji

Human Rights Defender

Death as a result of torture or ill treatment – including by non state actors

19/12/2022

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Emad Heidari

Human Rights Defender

Death in custody

06/10/2022

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Mohabbat Mozaffari

Human Rights Defender

Death as a result of torture or ill treatment – including by non state actors

02/02/2023

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Atefeh Nea’ami

Human Rights Defender

Suicide in suspicious circumstances

21/11/2022

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Hadi Rashedi

Human Rights Defender

Death in custody

29/01/2014

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Ebrahim Rigi

Human Rights Defender

Death as a result of torture or ill treatment – including by non state actors

22/02/2023

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