KEEP STREAMING WITH ABC NEWS LIVE. >> PROTESTS IN IRAN HAVE REMAIN STRONG FOR MONTHS WITH TODAY MARKING THE 137TH DAY THAT THE IRANIAN CITIZENS HAVE POURED ONTO THE STREETS TO DEMAND A REGIME CHANGE. GROWING BEYOND PROTESTS THAT BEGAN AS A CALL FOR PROTECTING WOMEN'S RIGHTS. THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC HAS BEEN ACCUSED BY INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES FOR THE USE OF EXECUTIONS, RAPES, AND BRUTAL BEATINGS TO STOP IRANIANS FROM PROTESTING. WITH EXPERTS SAYING THESE METHODS OF VIOLENCE STARTED WELL BEFORE THE CURRENT PROTEST. TONIGHT, WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE HUMAN TOLL OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLICANS A LOT OF ABUSE AS A TRIED TO HANG ON TO POWER. >> I THINK THE GENERAL SENTIMENT RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE WILL STAND WE WILL FIGHT. >> [SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH] >> [SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH] >> THE STATE DID NOT EXPECT THAT PROTESTS OVER THE DEATH OF THE WOMAN FROM THE KURDISH MINORITY WOULD SPREAD INTO THE WHOLE COUNTRY. MORE THAN 519 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KIDS SO FAR AS FAR AS WE KNOW. THERE ARE 70 THAT ARE BELOW THE AGE OF 18. WE HAVE DOCUMENTED SEVERAL PROTESTERS WHO HAVE BEEN ASSASSINATED IN THEIR HOMES. OR HAVE BEEN FOUND DEAD, KILLED, AND SHOT. >> [SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH] >> THESE EXECUTIONS ARE BEING UNLEASHED WITH THE INTENTION TO SPREAD TERROR AMONG THE POPULATION AND TO CRUSH, AND THE SOUL OF THIS. >> THE YOUNGER GENERATION ANYONE HAS DECIDED TO SIMPLY NOT ACCEPT WHAT FATE HAS BEEN PLACED UPON THEM. THEY DO NOT WANT TO LIVE UNDER THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC. >> [SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH] >> [SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH] [SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH] >> THE METHODS OF VIOLENCE ARE DIVERSE. THEY TARGET PEOPLES FACES WITH PALLETS SO THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR EYESIGHT. MY NAME IS ROYA, I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN. IN PRISONS, YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE ARRESTED AND SEVERELY BEATEN AND HUMILIATED, AND INSULTED, TORTURED, OR THREATS OF RAPE. CASES OF RAPE HAVE APPEARED, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THIS IS AN ATTEMPT OF THE STATE TO DETER WOMEN FROM COMING OUT OR TO ENCOURAGE FAMILIES TO PREVENT THEIR CHILDREN TO COME OUT. IRAN HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST PER CAPITA EXECUTIONS IN THE WORLD EVER BEEN, UM, ALBUM VARIATION OF THAT ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, PRESIDENT BARRIER? UH RESULTS AND FACE TO FACE TO FACE TO FACE FOR THEM AS WELL. THAT'S THE GROUP THAT HAS EXCELLENT, YES. HAPPENED TO HANG SHELVES. THAT'S BETTER DO BROTHERS. UM, ALL. MILITIA ATTACKED HIM AND JOHN MAN, FOR EXAMPLE, STANDBY HIGHLIGHTS VERY SOON WILL COME. CUSTOM GIVES TIME TO BUFFALO, IRAN. AS IN DIFFERENT AFTER THE IRAQI VESSELS UMS PARTISAN BATTLE. YOU'RE TALENTED DOING YOUR KIDS GENERATORS. YEAH. METHODS OF VIOLENCE OR DIVERSE THEY TARGET PEOPLE'S FACES WITH PELLETS SO THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR EYESIGHT. MY NAME IS ROYAL BOROUGH MONT. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF ABDURAHMAN BEAUMONT CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN. IMPRISONS YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE ARRESTED OR SEVERELY BEATEN , HUMILIATED, INSULTED, TORTURED OR THREATS OF RAPE. CASES OF RAPE HAVE APPEARED, THOUGH WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THIS IS AN ATTEMPT OF THE STATE TO DETER WOMEN FROM COMING OUT OR TWO. ENCOURAGE FAMILIES TO PREVENT THEIR CHILDREN TO COME OUT. IRAN HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST PER CAPITA EXECUTIONS IN THE WORLD SERVICE. IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, WE HAVE DOCUMENTED 248 IN 20, 2300 AND 17 IN 2021 ATTENTION OF THE REST OF THE WORLD. IF THE REST OF THE WORL, THE DEMOCRACY COUNTRY DO NOT TAKE ACTION, IRANIAN REGIME WILL KILL MORE THAN MUST AMINI. IRANIAN REGIME WILL KILL MORE >> JUST HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO THE ABUSE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST 43 YEARS. IRANIAN REVOLUTION HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON THE U.S.. AND EXPORT OF THE IDEAS OF THE REVOLUTION. YOU HAVE HAD HOSTAGE TAKINGS, YOU HAD HEARD HIJACKING OF PLANES, YOU HAD THE EMBASSIES BLOWN UP IN LEBANON AND IN KUWAIT. IF IRAN DEMOCRATIZED IS IT WILL HAVE THE SAME TRICKLE EFFECT EVERYWHERE. I THINK THAT IT WOULD IMPACT IT IN A WAY THAT THEY DON'T THINK OF NOW, BECAUSE THEY ARE USED TO WHAT IS DONE TO PROTECT THEM AGAINST TERRORISM. >> MY WHOLE LIFE I HAVE WAITED FOR AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE COULD TAKE IRAN BACK FROM THE PEOPLE WHO STOLE IT FROM US. >> MY FATHER, HE WAS THE HEAD OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS OF THE SHO. THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO ATTORNEY GENERAL. AFTER THE REVOLUTION HE WAS PUT ON DEATH ROW. THE REGIME WANTED TO GET RID OF ANYBODY ASSOCIATED WITH THE GOVERNMENT. >> JUST A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THE REVOLUTION, 1978, HE WAS MY GRANDFATHER. I REMEMBER HIM EXACTLY LIKE THIS, VERY HAPPY. >> AFTER BEING IMPRISONED AND BEING PARDONED HE STAYED IN THE COUNTRY FOR SEVERAL YEARS HE COULD NOT LEAVE THE COUNTRY. HE CARED ABOUT THE COUNTRY A LOT. AND -- [CRYING] WHEN HE LEFT IRAN, HE STARTED WRITING. HE BLINDFOLDED ME, PUT ME IN A CA, AND THERE WAS ANOTHER PERSON IN THE CAR. THE CAR STARTED GOING AND IN THE MEANTIME THEY TOLD ME THAT IF I HAVE ANY LAST WORDS OR MESSAGES FOR MY FAMILY THAT I SHOULD SAY THAT BECAUSE THIS WILL BE MY LAST CHANCE, IMPLYING THAT I WILL BE EXECUTED. EXECUTIONS ARE USED AS A TOOL FOR CREATING FEAR. >> CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AND THE DEATH PENALTY ARE BEING WEAPONIZED BY THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT TO PUNISH INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN PROTESTS AND TO STRIKE FEAR INTO THE POPULATION. >> PEOPLE BEING PUT ON DEATH ROW AFTER GROSSLY UNFAIR TRIALS ARE MOSTLY YOUNG MEN. THE COMPULSORY HIJAB LAWS IMPACT EVERY ASPECT OF A WOMAN'S LIFE. MY NAME IS -- I AM A SENIOR RESEARCHER IN THE NORTH AFRICA DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS WHERE I FOCUS ON DOCUMENTING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN KUWAIT. SOME MIGHT THINK THAT THIS MOVEMENT CAME OUT OF THE BLUE BUT WOMEN'S RIGHTS DEFENDERS HAVE BEEN ORGANIZING FOR DECADES TO CHANGE THE LAWS. MARRIAGE EMT ENGINE HARDENING WISHING HARM INDIA TO DISTINGUISH YOU HOW MANY GRANDSON HAS SEEMED IN BETWEEN HIM THAT HIS OWN COUNTRY