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50,000 protestors were arrested in Iran. Some are facing the death penalty

NPR | By Durrie Bouscaren

Published April 29, 2026 at 3:55 PM CDT

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Some 50,000 people were arrested in Iran during the anti-regime protests that led up to the Iran war. Most are still in prisons and their families get little to no information about them.