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29 young people arrested in Iran for attending a mixed-gender party

Iran Focus Tehran, 31 May - Twenty-nine young people were arrested last weekend at a party in north-eastern Iran. The youngsters were rounded up...

Iran to use acid to blind and deafen five prisoners

Iran Focus London, 30 May - Five Iranian prisoners are awaiting sentences of blinding or deafening with acid; a punishment allowed under the regime’s...

35 young people flogged for attending a mixed-gender graduation party in Iran

Iran FocusLondon, 27 May - Iran’s so-called morality police have flogged 35 young men and women for attending a mixed-gender party after their graduation...

Iran lashes 17 miners who protested their redundancy

Iran FocusLondon, 27 May – Iranian authorities have flogged 17 men who had protested the loss of their jobs. The men were sentenced to...

Hangings continue in Iran this week

Iran Focus London, 27 May - Fourteen prisoners were executed at prisons in the Iranian city of Karaj this week. Eleven were executed on...

Nearly a month into hunger strike the health of Iranian political prisoner is deteriorating

Iran Focus Tehran, 24 May - The health of an Iranian political prisoner on indefinite hunger strike is in grave danger. Jafar Azimzadeh, imprisoned...

Iranian regime kills two Baluchis in drive-by shooting

Iran Focus London, 21 May - Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) murdered two young Iranian men last week, according to a report...

Health fears for Iranian political prisoner on hunger strike

Iran Focus London, 20 May - Fears have risen over the health of an Iranian political prisoner who has been on an indefinite hunger...

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Tensions Rise Between France and Iran’s Regime

In response to the Iranian regime's decision to declare two former employees of the French Embassy in Tehran "persona...

Cost of Living Basket Several Times Higher Than Iranian Workers’ Wages

Workers' cost of living has come under pressure from inflation and low wages. July inflation data point to intensifying...

‘No To Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign Expands to 60 Prisons Across Iran

According to human rights sources in Iran, the "No to Executions Tuesdays" campaign has expanded to 60 prisons across...

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US Treasury Secretary: The Iranian Regime Will Be Isolated in a Way the World Has Never Seen

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