One week after the implementation of a truce between Washington and Tehran, some Iranians are concerned about the possible consequences of the ceasefire. One of them, contacted by BFMTV, fears a hardening of the mullahs’ repression.
Could the Middle East truce paradoxically make life more difficult in Iran? This is what a young Iranian woman contacted this week by BFMTV teams fears. One week after the ceasefire between Iran and the United States was put in place, she worries about the maintenance of the mullahs’ regime in power.
In her twenties, this young woman, who lives in a major city in Iran, believes that “repression will surely be tougher because a sense of victory can give the regime the impression that they can do anything without facing the consequences.”
“In my opinion, a regime change is much less likely than before the war,” she regrets.
“Thousands of arrests”
Raphaël Chenuil-Hazan, General Director of the NGO Ensemble against the Death Penalty (ECPM), confirms that the repression of the Islamic Republic continued even when the country was being bombed in recent weeks.
“There are thousands of arrests, arrests of protesters, political opponents, lawyers,” he says. Nasrin Sotoudeh, a well-known advocate against the death penalty, has just been arrested again. We have not heard from her, we are worried.”
In 2025 in Iran, at least 1,639 people were executed, including 11 in public: a record since 1989, two NGOs warned that the use of the death penalty could increase due to the war against Israel and the United States.
The number of executions increased by 68% compared to 2024 (975 people killed) and includes 48 women hanged, as documented in the annual joint report by the Norwegian organization Iran Human Rights (IHR) and the Paris-based organization Ensemble against the Death Penalty (ECPM).
If the Islamic Republic “survives the current crisis, there is a serious risk that executions could be even more extensively used as a tool of oppression and repression,” the report warns.
Intended to last two weeks, the truce between Tehran and Washington remains fragile. Last weekend, discussions between representatives of both countries in Pakistan ended without major progress.
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