More than 20,000 were detained or imprisoned. Others were beaten, tortured or raped. Some reports indicated that over 500 protesters had been blinded by Iranian security forces. However, that number was not easily confirmed.

Shocked by the indiscriminate killing of children during ongoing protests in Iran, many are asking the international community to intervene and restrain the regime. Security forces have killed at least 58 children as young as two in the past two months.

Civil unrest and protests against the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran associated with the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini (Persian: مهسا امینی) began on 16 September 2022 and carried on into 2023, but were said to have "dwindled" or "died down" by spring of 2023.

A year after Mahsa Amini's death, the protests have largely subsided. But sporadic demonstrations still take place amid continuing discontent at the clerical establishment and, in particular, the hijab laws.