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Iran arrests two reporters ahead of poll anniversary

AFP: Iran has arrested two female journalists working for reformist newspapers ahead of the first anniversary of a disputed presidential election, an opposition website...

Rights activist on trial in Iran

Iran Focus: Rome, May 27 - Shiva Nazar Ahari, 26, journalist, human rights activist, blogger and reporter of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters...

Iran police crackdown ‘targets foreign cars’

Daily Telegraph: Iranian police have launched a crackdown on irreverent social behaviour, seizing foreign-made cars whose drivers were deemed to be harassing women, the...

Iran executes brother of Sunni rebel leader Rigi

Reuters: Iran on Monday executed a brother of the detained leader of a Sunni Muslim rebel group behind the deadliest bomb attack in the...

Iran presses opposition with attacks and jail time

New York Times: As Iran approaches the first anniversary of a contested presidential election that touched off a deep political crisis, opposition supporters remain...

Human rights group condemns political executions in Iran

Iran Focus: London, May 21 - The international community should support independent voices in Iran and "strongly condemn" the execution of political activists there,...

Man hanged in central Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, May 21 - Iran hanged a man in the central city of Isfahan, state media reported on Friday. ...

Opposition says Iranian filmmaker beaten badly

AP: An Iranian opposition website says that an imprisoned filmaker has been badly beaten and his sight damaged. The Associated...

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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...

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...

IRGC Members Arrested in Kuwait, Woman Sentenced to Life in Prison in Bahrain for Cooperation with IRGC

As the Iranian regime continues its destabilizing activities against countries in the region, Kuwait announced the arrest of four...

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IRGC Members Arrested in Kuwait, Woman Sentenced to Life in Prison in Bahrain for Cooperation with IRGC

As the Iranian regime continues its destabilizing activities against...

Strait of Hormuz: Show of Power or Beginning of New Tensions

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