As 2024 comes to a close and we reflect on the year, we are grateful to our supporters who make our work possible. In a year marked by turmoil and an ever-changing political landscape, with the harshening of the crackdown on citizens protesting the dress codes, and a sharp increase in the number of executions – at least 932 to date – the tireless pursuit of justice and accountability continues.

Since its establishment in 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran has used violence and intimidation to silence critics and advance its political goals and no continent has been spared. The findings of Abdorrahman Boroumand Center’s (ABC) research on transnational repression are not reassuring; Iran’s leaders have targeted Iranian diaspora members and foreigners worldwide, often with impunity. Today ABC releases Witness C, a 2011 Swiss TV documentary, which investigates the 1990 assassination of a dissident in Geneva and interviews extensively a former Islamic Republic intelligence operative known as “Witness C.”

2024 was an eventful year. In the face of a deluge of bad news, including that Iranian authorities have embarked on another execution spree with at least 918 people killed so far this year, there was also some encouraging news. The quality of our documentation at Abdorrahman Boroumand Center (ABC) was acknowledged and awarded by prestigious institutions such as the American Society of International Law (ASIL) and the University of Parma. The awards went to the co-founders of ABC, and Omid Memorial in Defense of Human Rights, the project we have worked on relentlessly for the past 23 years, occupied center stage as a groundbreaking tool for Iran’s history and human rights advocacy.