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Iran detains family of imprisoned filmmaker

AP: Iranian authorities on Thursday detained family members of an imprisoned documentary filmmaker after they showed up outside a Tehran prison to inquire about...

Prominent Iranian journalist ‘jailed for 16 months’

AFP: Iran has sentenced a prominent reformist journalist to 16 months in jail on charges of insulting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and undermining the Islamic...

Woman in stoning sentence ‘confesses’

Scotland on Sunday: An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery confessed on state television to helping a man kill her husband....

Iran reformist arrested, students held

Reuters: A prominent Iranian reformist was arrested on Thursday and five students were reported detained following anti-government protests, in the latest moves against opponents...

Editor of Iranian pro-reform daily arrested-website

Reuters: The editor of Iran's leading pro-reform newspaper, Sharq, and two senior journalists have been arrested a few months after the daily reappeared following...

Canada concern at Iran death penalty for web designer

BBC: Canada is "deeply concerned" over a reported death sentence given to an Iranian-born Canadian for allegedly designing an adult website, an official has...

Iran authorities chop off man’s hand

Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 02 - Iranian authorities amputated the hand of a man in a prison in the western province of Kermanshah. ...

UN expresses ‘deep concern’ about Iran rights

AP: The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee expressed "deep concern" Thursday about Iran's use of flogging, stoning and amputations as punishment in an...

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Canadian Federal Court Rejects Salman Samani’s Request to Halt Deportation

The Federal Court of Canada has rejected Salman Samani's request to halt his deportation from Canada. Samani served as...

Middle Eastern Countries Seek Ways to Move Oil Through the Strait of Hormuz

An Iraqi government source told the Iraqi news outlet Shafagh News that Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) is...

Iran’s Regime Plans Fuel Rationing, Higher Gasoline Prices Within Next 15 Days

Esmail Saghab-Esfahani, a vice president of Iran's regime, said on Saturday, August 15, that Iran's daily gasoline consumption is...

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Purchasing Power of Iranian Workers at Very Low Levels

The livelihood situation of workers in Iran has entered...

Political Prisoner Denied Treatment in Greater Tehran Prison

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 22 – An earthquake...