Security forces involved in the crackdown on widespread Iranian protests have regularly and repeatedly killed, tortured, sexually assaulted, and disappeared children, Human Rights Watch said on April 25. The rights watchdog said in a statement that it has investigated abuses against 11 children between September and February. “Iranian leaders have unleashed their brutal security forces to sexually assault and torture children, and have not spared children from ludicrously unfair trials,” said HRW's Tara Sepehri Far. “Over the past seven months, the authorities have not hesitated to extend the coercive power of the state to silence even children," Far said.
HRW Accuses Iranian Security Forces Of Torturing, Killing Children
The rights watchdog said in a statement that it has investigated abuses against 11 Iranian children between September and February.