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Man hanged in southern Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 18 - Iranian authorities hanged a man in the southern province of Kerman, according to a statement released Tuesday by...
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Hollywood shines light on director Jafar Panahi’s sentencing in Iran

Los Angeles Times: Paul Haggis urges stars to wear white ribbons in support of directors Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof, sentenced to six years...
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13 men hanged in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 13 - Iranian authorities on Thursday hanged five men in Khoramabad, western Iran, a day after hanging eight others in...
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EU urges Iran to repeal sentence against jailed director

AFP: Europe's foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton on Tuesday called for the repeal of a six-year jail sentence and 20-year ban on film-making against...
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Iran rights lawyer jailed for 11 years: family

AFP: Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to 11 years in jail and banned for 20 years from working as...
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Iran targets Christians with a wave of arrests

Wall Street Journal: Iranian authorities have arrested dozens of Christians in the two weeks since Christmas, the latest challenge to the Mideast's small but...
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Iran arrests Christian missionaries: official

AFP: Iran has arrested a number of Christian missionaries in Tehran province and vowed to detain more of them, the provincial governor was quoted...
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Funeral services barred for Iranian political prisoner, son says

CNN: Iranian authorities have buried the body of a political prisoner who was executed last week without the presence of his family or friends,...
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Iran’s Employment Crisis: The Increase in Unemployment Insurance Registrations

The increase in unemployment insurance applicants reflects the chaotic condition of workers following the warmongering policies of the clerical...
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Message from a Political Prisoner Inside Iran’s Prisons

Imprisoned student Amirhossein Moradi, responding to an offer by the Iranian regime’s judiciary to grant him a pardon, declared...
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Record Number of Imprisoned Writers Worldwide. Iran Ranks Second with 53 Jailed Writers

PEN America announced in its latest annual report on the state of freedom of expression worldwide that the number...

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Increasing Pressure on Female Political Prisoners in Iran’s Evin Prison

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