Iran cracks down on teachers and pauses executions amid post‑protest crackdown

Human rights groups report that the Iranian government has detained, imprisoned or sentenced at least 60 teachers following the nationwide protests in December 2024. The crackdown includes solitary confinement, denial of legal counsel and harsh charges aimed at silencing independent teachers’ unions.

In a separate development, a hunger strike by inmates at Qezel Hesar prison forced authorities to temporarily suspend executions for drug‑related offenses and move six condemned prisoners to the general population. Officials said the pause could last three months, while critics argue it is merely a tactical response to public pressure and that hundreds of other death‑row inmates remain at risk.