Dismantling the Machinery of Fear: The Legal Rebirth of a Nation

The brutality witnessed on the streets of Tehran, Isfahan, and the long-suffering border regions of Kurdistan and Baluchistan involves the systematic use of lethal force against unarmed civilians. Security forces, ranging from the formal Revolutionary Guard to the shadow-dwelling Basij militia, have been documented using high-caliber weaponry and metal pellets aimed specifically at the eyes and vital organs of protesters. This deliberate maiming serves as a permanent mark of the state's power, intended to serve as a walking warning to others. Furthermore, the practice of "enforced disappearances" has become a routine tool of the state, where individuals are snatched from the streets and held in undisclosed black sites, leaving families in a torturous limbo of uncertainty and grief.