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.”

The Abdorrahman Boroumand Center (ABC) for Human Rights in Iran today launched "Iran: State Violence Beyond Borders," an interactive mapping project that visualizes more than four decades of extrajudicial executions, kidnappings, and death threats attributed to the Islamic Republic of Iran. This groundbreaking tool, which is available to the public, sheds light on the systematic use of transnational violence by Iranian authorities to silence dissent both inside and outside of the country. The map reveals the chilling reality that from the Middle East to North America to South Africa, no region or nation is safe from the long arm of Iran’s state-sponsored violence. It highlights not only the scale of these operations but also the impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators, often facilitated by the reluctance or failure of host countries to act decisively due to political, economic, or national security considerations.

Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran (ABC) is thrilled to announce that on November 27th, 2024, one of our co-founders, Dr. Ladan Boroumand, has been awarded an honorary professorship in the field of history by the University of Parma, Italy.