"They put me and the other detainees on the floor of a bus on top of each other for an hour and a half," said Sam.

"I was thinking about Raisi's role in executing political prisoners, and for a moment I thought that they may execute me."

"There were other girls with me in the van, but they were much younger," she said. "When I saw them and their bravery, I gathered myself. They started helping me. 

"They were shouting and making fun of the officers. This generation is different from my generation. They are fearless."

"The officer who was registering us in the detention centre asked for my name and called me a prostitute," Fereshteh, which is not her real name, said. "When I complained, she said that if I continued she would ask one of the brothers [male prison guards] to have his way with [me]."

Behzad, a protester who was held at a major detention facility in Tehran, said: "They kept more than 80 people in a tiny room. We were all furious and in pain."

"They confiscated our mobile phones and searched through our pictures, videos and messages to see if we had shared any news of the protest. If so, they [said they] were adding it to our files." 

"The next morning, a judge came and met us. They dropped the charges and released most of the teenagers." 

"But for the adults, the judge asked brief questions and decided our fate based on that short court session."