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Iran tries US pastor on national security charges: lawyer

AFP: An Iranian-American Christian pastor charged with plotting against state security appeared in a Tehran court on Monday, but will be released...

Iran resorts to hangings in public to cut crime

New York Times: An eerie silence filled the air as a crowd of around 300 gathered Sunday just before sunrise in a Tehran...

Iran hangs two in public for machete attack: report

AFP: Iran hanged two men in public, after a video posted on YouTube last month showed them assaulting a man in a Tehran...

Iran executes alleged juvenile offender

Amnesty International: The execution in Iran this week of a 21-year-old man for a crime he allegedly committed while apparently still a juvenile...

US Christian faces death in Iran trial: family

AFP: A Tehran court will next week put on trial an Iranian American Christian on charges that could carry the death penalty, his...

Watchdog group: Iran to jail protest leader

AP: A media watchdog group says the founder of an Iranian protest group led by mothers has been ordered to begin a six-month...

Tribunal finds Iran guilty of torture and murder of political prisoners

Maclean’s: For decades, relatives of victims and survivors of Iran’s bloody decade felt silenced and forgotten, cut off from any means of seeking...

Imprisoned American pastor tells family of death threats, torture in Iran

Fox News: An American pastor who has been imprisoned in his native Iran because of his Christian faith has been threatened with death, according...

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Iran’s Economic Growth Decline Accelerates

The Statistical Center of Iran, a government agency of Iran's regime, announced in its latest report that the country's...

New Wave of Protests Across Various Iranian Cities

On June 21 and 22, a new wave of protest gatherings emerged across various cities in Iran. Students, university...

126th Week of ‘No to Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign in 57 Prisons

In the 126th week of the protest campaign "No to Executions Tuesdays," political prisoners in 57 prisons across Iran...

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126th Week of ‘No to Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign in 57 Prisons

In the 126th week of the protest campaign "No...

Iran’s Economic Growth Decline Accelerates

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