Iran Human Rights

Iran Human Rights

Iranian official: Lift social media bans

AP: Iran's culture minister is urging authorities to unblock social media networks that are widely used by government figures but remain officially...
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Iran: TV stars ‘warned not to play clerics’

BBC: Ayatollah Seyyed Hashem Hoseyni-Bushehri, who heads the Qom Seminary, criticised the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) for airing shows that...
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Nobel winner Ebadi urges EU, U.S. to ban Iran from TV satellites

Reuters: Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi on Monday called on the European Union and United States to ban Iran from using U.S. and...
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Iran prisoners on hunger strike

AFP: Several Iranian political prisoners have gone on hunger strike in protest at being denied proper medical care in jail, international rights...
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Iran hangs 16 prisoners following deadly Pakistan border attack

Bloomberg: Authorities in Iran hanged 16 people imprisoned for alleged links with anti-regime groups in retaliation for the killing of 17 border guards...
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US pastor home after being deported from Iran

AFP: A Christian US pastor arrived home Wednesday after being deported from Iran for staging a protest outside a Tehran prison, denouncing ...
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Iran Human Rights

U.N. envoy says Iran human rights record should not be overlooked amid overtures

Reuters: Iran's human rights record should not be overlooked amid overtures to the West by new President Hassan Rouhani, a U.N. envoy said...
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Iran Human Rights

Iran to re-examine banned books

AFP: Iran's Culture Minister Ali Janati said Monday his department will review a ban imposed on certain books which censors have barred from publication,...
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