The judiciary spokesman said on 6 October that the head of the judiciary has ordered prosecutors' offices nationwide to pursue the hijab issue and that "special measures" have begun.
The Sistan and Baluchestan intelligence department claimed on 6 October that it had broken up three armed cells in southeastern Iran; two people were killed in clashes and 10 arrested.
On 6 October the Islamic Republic's parliament passed two more articles of the anti-infiltration bill: prison for giving unpublished statistics to foreigners and dissolution of NGOs that violate it.
According to HRANA, security forces fired without warning on the occupants of a car at Kuzeh roundabout in Zahedan on the evening of Sunday 4 October, killing two citizens.
Hadi Abbasian, a 38-year-old protester from Shirvan, has been sentenced to death by the Bojnurd Revolutionary Court, Iran International reports, and is denied access to a lawyer and visits.
Ali Rafiee, head of Greater Tehran's public places police, said on Tuesday 6 October that serving hookah, live music and DJs are banned in cafés and violators will be dealt with.
Pejman Sorani, a 33-year-old resident of Najafabad in Isfahan, was run over by a car and beaten to death after a clash with government supporters at a petrol station, according to Iran International.
Mohammad Naderi, a 45-year-old political prisoner sentenced to death on a charge of "espionage", was transferred without prior notice from Greater Tehran Prison to Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj on Monday, 5 October.
According to HRANA, Branch 1 of the Bojnord Revolutionary Court has sentenced Mani Partani, one of those detained during the January uprising, to a total of eight years in prison on charges including propaganda activity against the system and insulting the leadership.
Agents of the Islamic Republic's Intelligence Ministry arrested Aida Ghaderi, a swimming coach, and Rojan Ebrahimi, a mixed martial arts athlete, in Saqqez on Saturday and Sunday, 3 and 4 October. According to human rights groups, there is no information on the charges against them or where they are being held.
Media inside Iran reported that the final stages of the demolition of Rajaei Shahr (Gohardasht) prison in Karaj were carried out on Sunday, 4 October. Human rights activists say that by razing the prison, the Islamic Republic is destroying evidence of the mass executions of 1988.
Iran Human Rights reported that the Islamic Republic executed at least 70 people in September and that the number of executions recorded in the first nine months of 2026 has reached 604, including 33 protesters.
The human rights news agency HRANA reported on World Teachers' Day that at least 47 teachers in 19 Iranian provinces are imprisoned, detained or in internal exile, and that some face sentences ranging from long prison terms and flogging to death.
The Islamic Republic's judiciary executed Alireza Sepahi and Alireza Raeisi, two people detained during the January uprising in Isfahan, at dawn on Monday, 5 October 2026. According to people close to the families, government agents did not allow them to be buried where they lived.
According to human rights sources, psychotherapist Shohreh Mohammadi has been sentenced to 12 years in prison over several Instagram stories, and teacher Farzaneh Kamkar to two years on charges of giving three masks to protesters during the December–January uprising. In Dehdasht, a young man with a disability was also arrested.
Sarina Zaeri, Barbod Sepehri and Arshia Jaberi, three young Baha'is arrested in Shiraz on 14 September, are still denied access to a lawyer and phone calls with their families after 21 days, according to Iran International. Behzad Yazdani has also been in prison for more than 180 days without trial.
As the academic year begins, the Islamic Republic has stepped up pressure on universities: K. N. Toosi students staged a sit-in on Sunday, 4 October, in protest at disciplinary rulings, and 10 students at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad were punished for taking part in the December–January uprising.
Sanandaj's Revolutionary Court has sentenced Marzieh Moradveisi, a dismissed teacher and former political prisoner, and civil activist Sohrab Bahrami to suspended prison terms and fines. Meanwhile, Bayan Salehian, a medical specialist and Kurdish woman activist, has been transferred to Urmia Central Prison after her arrest in the city.
Groups of retirees and pensioners rallied in several Iranian cities on Sunday, 4 October, in protest against rising prices and low pensions, and some of them called for the release of political prisoners and jailed protesters.
The Islamic Republic's Ministry of Intelligence claims to have dismantled four sabotage networks in Sirjan and arrested 31 people. It has accused those arrested of taking part in the January uprising and preparing for new unrest.
