Iran Human Rights

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Report: Iran shuts down newspaper, detains editor

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Lawmaker: ‘Moderate’ Iran muzzles press, prolongs war in Syria

The Hill: George Holding warned Monday that the Iranian leaders the Obama administration is dealing with in talks over Iran's nuclear weapons program are not...
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Freedom house condemns Iran’s hanging of renowned poet

Radio Free Europe: Freedom House has condemned the execution in Iran of acclaimed poet and activist Hashem Shaabani. The watchdog said Shaabani, 32, was put to...
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Iranian executions spiking despite thaw with West, ‘moderate president’

Washington Times: The number of executions carried out by Iranian authorities — often hanging dubiously convicted citizens from construction cranes in public — has risen...
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Islamist state of Iran: leader in human rights violation

Front Page: The Iranian military published a flimsy and unsubstantiated 28-page report this week criticizing human rights in the United States. Intriguingly, the report was...
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Iran: Surge in executions worries rights experts

New York Times: United Nations human rights experts called on Wednesday for an urgent halt to a surge in executions in Iran in recent weeks. Iran...
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Wife of American pastor detained in Iran wants Obama’s attention

TheBlaze: Naghmeh Abedini, wife of imprisoned Pastor Saeed Abedini, an American citizen who has been trapped in the brutal Iranian prison system for more than...
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Iran hangs 40 people in two weeks amid surge in executions

Amnesty International: Iranian authorities have executed 40 people, most of them for drugs offences, since the beginning of January. At least 33 executions were carried...
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