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Iran: 5 executions include woman

New York Times: The Iranian authorities executed five people on Wednesday, including a 30-year-old woman who admitted killing her 5-day-old baby, the state...

UN rights chief urges review of Iran death sentences

AFP: The UN human rights chief on Tuesday called on Iran's high courts to review a death sentence imposed on three people who were...

Iran’s heavy hand on human rights

Boston Globe: AS US officials grapple with Iran’s drive to acquire nuclear weapons, they also need to address its human rights abuses against...

Authorities in Iran arrest 18 students

New York Times: Iranian authorities arrested 18 student leaders in Tehran on Friday in a crackdown on demonstrations, which flared up at two universities...

US criticizes rights abuses in Iran, Russia, China

AP: The United States criticized Iran Tuesday for its crackdown on opposition groups, while chiding Russia and China for failing to protect human rights...

Iran’s Karoubi firm on fighting jail abuse cases

Reuters: Iranian moderate cleric Mehdi Karoubi said he would not give up fighting for rights of dozens of people complaining of mistreatment after being...

Raped and beaten for daring to question President Ahmadinejad’s election

The Times: Ardeshir, an engineering student dressed in jeans and T-shirt, tells his story in a corner of a Tehran park obscured by...

EU asks Iran to halt planned execution of minors

DPA: The European Union on Tuesday urged Iran to honour its international commitments and halt the imminent execution of three men who killed when...

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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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