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Payam Akhavan

Payam Akhavan

ICC Special Advisor on Genocide; former UN prosecutor

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Notable Quotes

"By comparison, at least twice that number had been killed in Iran in half the time. This was an extermination." — January 24, 2026

Stories

Iran's deadliest protest crackdown since the 1979 revolution

Force in Play

Calling for 'Nuremberg moment' for Iran

Iran's 2022 uprising killed roughly 500 people over several months. The current one has killed at least 6,842 people (possibly more than 30,000) in just over five weeks; leaked documents reveal Supreme Leader Khamenei approved a premeditated crackdown blueprint months in advance.[1][2]

Updated May 23