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Iran confirms it is holding 4 journalists

AP: Iran confirmed on Friday that it has detained four journalists, including a reporter for The Washington Post and two freelance photographers, but did...
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Christian sentenced by Iranian judge to have his lips burnt with a cigarette

Daily Mail: An Iranian judge sentenced a Christian man to have his lips burnt with a cigarette for eating during the day in the Muslim...
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A mother asks Obama: ‘please remember my Amir’

New York Times: The mother of Amir Hekmati, an American of Iranian descent imprisoned in Tehran for nearly three years, has written to President Obama,...
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Iranian court sentences Facebook activists to jail

AP: An Iranian court handed jail sentences of eight to 21 years to eight Facebook page administrators, the official IRNA news agency reported on...
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 Iran: 411 executions in the first half of 2014

Death Penalty News: At least 411 prisoners have been executed in Iran from the beginning of January 2014 to the end of June of the...
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Iran arrests 3 over World Cup video

AP: Iranian police have arrested three people who appeared in an online video of young men and women singing and dancing in support of...
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Freedom of information still flouted a year after Rouhani’s election

Reporters Without Borders: Reporters Without Borders condemns the lack of progress for freedom of information and the unacceptable conditions in which journalists and netizens are...
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Execution of Iranian political prisoner draws condemnation

NewsBlaze: British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom strongly condemns the execution of Gholamreza Khosravi of the PMOI calling for tough actions against the Iranian officials...
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Concerns in U.S. Congress Over Cryptocurrency Transfers to Networks Linked to Iran’s Regime

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