In a new survey, Amnesty International reports a wave of recent arrests of lawyers, students, journalists, political activists, filmmakers, and religious and ethnic minorities in Iran. Widespread restrictions on freedom of expression, association and assembly are described, as well as torture, other ill-treatment and poor conditions in detention. The document reports an increase in the number and severity of attacks against Baha'is – attacks that have ranged from arrests to arson, and the publishing of slanderous articles in the press.