Iran Human Rights

Iran Human Rights

U.N. Extends term of human rights monitor, angering Iran

New York Times: The Iran government’s effort to portray a kinder and gentler image was frustrated on Friday by the United Nations Human Rights Council,...
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Report: Global executions up 15 percent in 2013

AP: According to Amnesty International the number of officially acknowledged executions in Iran in 2013 was at least 369, but the rights group said "credible sources"...
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Iran Human Rights

Israel: 8 Jews killed leaving Iran in the 1990s

AP: Israel's Mossad intelligence agency says eight Iranian Jews who disappeared while trying to leave the Islamic Republic in the 1990s were captured and...
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Six powers must heed warnings of new UN reports on Iran rights violations

UN Watch: As the EU's Catherine Ashton concluded what she called "substantive and useful" nuclear talks with Iran in Vienna, world powers need to pay...
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U.S. sees no significant improvement in Iran’s overall human rights situation

U.S. Mission in Geneva: While Iran has begun to shift its rhetoric on human rights, the United States remains deeply concerned that Iran continues to...
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Iran jails dozens of evangelical Christians

Religious Freedom Coalition: Iran has jailed dozens of evangelical Christians, many of whom are converts from Muslim backgrounds, according to a new United Nations report...
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Iran dangles treatment before imprisoned U.S. Christian

WND: Iranian officials dangled needed medical treatment in front of an American pastor imprisoned for his faith then put him in shackles and denied treatment. “He’s...
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Iran Human Rights

Rouhani has not stopped Iran suppressing human rights: U.N. envoy

Reuters: President Hassan Rouhani has made only "baby steps" to improve human rights in Iran where forces loyal to the supreme leader are "working...
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