Iranian Solidarity Group New Zealand Condemns Mass Killings In Iran And Urges New Zealand To ActIranian Solidarity Group New Zealand acknowledges with profound grief that more than 30,000 people are reported to have been killed in Iran within a two-day period during the January 2026 protests, marking one of the deadliest crackdowns by a government against its own people in modern history. This historic step recognises the IRGC’s central role in mass killings, torture, enforced disappearances, and the violent suppression of peaceful protests inside Iran and beyond its borders. The EU has also significantly expanded its sanctions regime against Iran. Advertisement - scroll to continue readingIranian Solidarity Group New Zealand welcomes these actions and now calls on the New Zealand Government to follow suit and stand firmly on the side of human rights and international law. Concrete action from the New Zealand Government would provide vital reassurance that Iranians are not facing this crisis alone.