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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...

Iran lawmakers seek probe into alleged jail abuse

AP: Several Iranian lawmakers on Tuesday demanded a probe into alleged beatings of political prisoners held at Tehran's Evin prison, the official IRNA news...

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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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Canada Sanctions Five Political and Military Officials of the Iranian Regime

The Canadian government announced on Friday, August 14, that...

Ship Traffic Through the Strait of Hormuz Has Nearly Come to a Halt After Tanker Attacks

Reuters, citing data from maritime tracking company Kpler, reported...

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Iran warns Turkey not to deploy Patriot missiles

Reuters: Iran said Turkey's plans to deploy Patriot defensive...