“They may demand $7,000 for the return of a relative’s body.”
Founder and editor-in-chief of IranWire - about protests, murders and prospects A protester in Shiraz, Iran, January 9, 2026. Photo: Maria / SIPA / Scanpix / Leta Surely everyone who follows the protests in Iran also reads IranWire, a project created by journalist, director and activist Maziar Bahari. A team of Iranian journalists in exile is collecting evidence of the crackdown and publishing it in real time. IranWire is difficult to read: it is, in fact, a martyrology.
