Iran Human Rights

Iran’s forgotten Crime Against Humanity

Townhall: With all of the back and forth between Congress and the White House on the Iranian nuclear deal, it is critically important for all...

Iran kills 16 in mass purge

Free Beacon: Iran reportedly carried out the mass execution of 16 prisoners incarcerated in the Qezel Hessar Prison in Karaj early Monday, prompting outrage from...

Iran’s secret massacre: the untold legacy

Medium.com: This summer marks the 26th anniversary of Iran’s massacre against political prisoners in 1988. The shock and terror inflicted on the Iranian nation wen...

Iran policeman gets 3 years over death of blogger

AP: ISNA quoted Giti Pourfazel, a lawyer hired by Beheshti's mother, as saying the sentence was too light considering the nature of the crime. "While journalists...

Iran: New wave of attacks against journalists as repression escalates

Live News: The wave of repression which intensified after the disputed presidential election in 2009 has reached new highs over the past few months. The...

Iran rejects State Dept.’s Religious Freedom Report

UPI: Iran has fired back at the U.S. for its characterization of Iran in the State Department's newly released 'International Religious Freedom Report for 2013'...

US concerned by Iranian arrests of journalists

AP: The top U.S. nuclear negotiator says she is concerned by reports Iran has arrested four journalists, including three Americans. Wendy Sherman says Tehran should...

Iranian author, poet sentenced to death for human rights work

Clarion Project: Arzhang Davoodi, an Iranian human rights activist has been sentenced to death by the regime after 11 years imprisonment. Neither he, nor his lawyer...

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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...

77 Days of Internet Shutdown, A Tool of Control and a Sign of Tehran’s Real Fears

The crisis of internet shutdowns in Iran has entered a new phase. 77 days of internet cuts, widespread disruptions,...

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Tehran Responds to U.S. Proposal After Trump’s Threat

The state-run IRNA news agency reported on Sunday, May...

Message from a Political Prisoner Inside Iran’s Prisons

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

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