Eyewitness accounts and media reporting have intensified global scrutiny of Iran’s response to widespread anti‑government protests, with serious allegations that security forces used sexual violence and mutilation against women detainees to deter dissent. The claims, made by Iranian‑German journalist Michel Abdollahi and cited in international media, allege rape, forced nudity, threats of sexual violence and even mutilation — including uterine and scalp removal — against protesters by state forces.