30 days after the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, in the custody of the morality police on 16 September, an estimated 240 people have been killed in the country-wide anti-regime uprising. Among those killed or detained by the government are a considerable number of children, whose conditions and whereabouts remain unclear. In the most recent news, the Evin prison, where many of political and opposition prisoners are held, was set on fire, leaving at least four inmates dead. 

In recent brutalities, the security forces tear-gassed an elementary school and shot and killed a teenage girl in a high school in Ardabil, while detaining many. The regime sources claim the children detained by the security forces were taken to psychiatric institutions. Footage taken at scenes of the protests show security forces sexually assaulting protestors, which has raised outcries for investigations. Yet, in the recent announcement, the authorities denied any responsibility for the actions of security forces. This is while the regime’s leadership had announced the maximum penalty for detainees in the past weeks, which raises concerns about the condition of detainees. 

Although the crackdown has been country-wide, ethnic minorities, who have been the long subject of extreme repression and political violence, have been hit the hardest. In the past weeks, the Iranian regime has launched military operations in Iraq's Kurdish region, resulting in many casualties and disturbing peace in the region. 

The world has shown its support for the Iranian people. However, to stop the regime’s brutalities, Governments and Humanitarian Organizations around the world must take stronger actions:

-       This petition calls on the United Nations General Assembly to hold an emergency session and form a special council dedicated to investigating the regime’s crimes against its own people that goes far beyond the crackdown on peaceful protesters in the past week. 

-       The UN Security Council, in particular, must put pressure on Iran to: a) immediately end repression of its civilian population, b) release detained protestors, and c) cooperate in accounting for the missing and dead. 

-       We urge consideration for referring the Islamic Republic Regime and its leadership, including Ayatollah Khamenei, to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Extensive measures must be taken by ICC to hold to account those responsible for attacks on protestors and their countless crimes against humanity.