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Imprisoned ex-US Marine seeks Iran retrial

AP: An Iranian news agency is reporting that a former U.S. Marine convicted of working for the CIA has appealed for a new trial. ISNA...

Report: Iran billionaire executed over $2.6B fraud

AP: A billionaire businessman at the heart of a $2.6 billion state bank scam, the largest fraud case since the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution,...

Ex-Marine’s family seeks his freedom from Iran

AP: Two members of Congress and the family of a former Marine now detained in Iran called for his freedom Monday, on the observance...

Iran desecrating Baha’i cemetery

AFP: The Baha'i International Community on Thursday accused Iran of excavating a cemetery where hundreds of its followers are buried, and urged the Tehran...

Barbaric attack on Iran’s political prisoners draws condemnation

NewsBlaze: The British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, strongly condemned the attack on political prisoners in Iran’s notorious Evin prison and appealed to the international community...

Iran hangs three over prosecutor’s murder

AFP: Iran hanged on Saturday in public three men convicted of killing last year a prosecutor in a restive southeastern province near the Afghan border,...

Families of Iranian political prisoners protest prison raid

RadioFreeEurope: The families signed a letter calling for the creation of a truth commission to investigate the incident, which opposition websites described as unprecedentedly...

Juvenile offender executed in northern Iran

Death Penalty News: A juvenile offender identified as “Ebrahim Hajati” was hanged in the Vakilabad prison of Mashhad on Sunday April 20. Ebrahim was convicted of...

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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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Ali Akbar Daneshvarkar’s Final Letter Offers a Personal Account from Iran’s Death Row

Iran’s regime tries to shut the voice of dissidents...

Iranians Struggle to Afford Basic Food Basket as Prices Surge

While only about five months have passed since the...

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