Iran Human Rights

UN experts worried about health of Iran’s political prisoners

Iran Focus London, 30 Apr - Human rights experts from the United Nations have issued a warning over the fate of more than a...

Rate of executions rising in Iran

Iran Focus London, 30 Apr - The UK Representative of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has said that the rate of...

Iran sentences journalists to prison time

Iran Focus London, 29 Apr - Four Iranian journalists and media workers received a cumulative total of 27 years jail time. David Asadi was...

Imprisoned teacher goes on hunger strike in Iran

Iran Focus Tehran, 24 Apr - According to reports from inside Iran, imprisoned teacher Mahmoud Beheshti Langaroudi, a former secretary general and current speaker...

Iran arrests relatives of MEK dissidents in Tehran  

Iran Focus Tehran, 23 Apr - Two family members of members of the main Iranian opposition group People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI or...

Iran steps up executions even as European officials visit

 Iran Focus London, 19 Apr - There were at least 24 people executed in Iran during the last week. Reports from a prison in...

EU sanctions Iran officials over human rights abuses

Iran Focus London, 13 Apr - The European Union has decided to renew sanctions against Iranian officials and entities in light of human rights...

Amnesty: Iran stepped up executions in 2015

Iran Focus London, 6 Apr – Iran executed nearly 1000 people in 2015 and was the world’s number one state executioner after China, according...

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Iraqi Militia Commander Arrested Over Alleged Plotting of Terrorist Attacks in the U.S. and Europe

An Iraqi militia commander has been arrested on charges of involvement in planning more than 12 “terrorist” attacks in...

Concerns in U.S. Congress Over Cryptocurrency Transfers to Networks Linked to Iran’s Regime

Two members of the U.S. Congress, Sean Casten and Gregory Meeks, in an official letter to the U.S. government,...

IRGC Increases Terrorist Activities in Gulf Arab Countries

At a time when Iran’s regime is pursuing a policy of regional militarism, a broad wave of alleged IRGC-linked...

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Message from a Political Prisoner Inside Iran’s Prisons

Imprisoned student Amirhossein Moradi, responding to an offer by...

Targeted Repression of Iranian Women, From Mass Arrests to Death Sentences

Women in Iran have faced a wave of widespread...

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