Iran Human Rights

Media monitor: 7 photographers detained in Iran

AP: Media monitor Reporters Without Borders says seven photographers and a cameraman have been detained in Iran, most of them over the past week....

Death in the dorms: Iranian students recall horror of police invasion

The Guardian• Victims tell of arrests, threats and beatings• Two women among five killed by officers The Guardian• Victims tell of arrests, threats...

Student dies under torture in Iran jail

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 12 - A student in his teens has died under torture in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, Iran Focus has...

Iran ‘arrests prominent human rights lawyer’

AFP: Iran has arrested a founding member of Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi's rights group amid a crackdown on critics following President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed...

Iran security agents in spotlight for plainclothed brutality

Washington Times: They wear no uniforms and, so far, they have not been held accountable for their deeds. But in the aftermath of Iran's...

Names of some detainees in recent crackdown on Iran unrest

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 07 - Several thousand people have been arrested in Iran for anti-government activity since the 12 June presidential election....

EU presidency condemns Iran for executions

Reuters: The European Union on Sunday denounced Iran for a recent spate of executions, highlighting Saturday's hanging of 20 people. BRUSSELS (Reuters) -...

20 executed en masse in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 04 - Iranian authorities on Saturday hanged 20 people west of Tehran. Iran FocusTehran, Iran, Jul. 04 -...

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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...

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...

Food Inflation and the Erosion of the Middle Class in Iran’s Economy

Iran’s market no longer experiences stability. Prices are rising at a pace that wages cannot even begin to match....

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

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The Return of the Shah’s Infamous Royal Secret Police to the Streets of Europe

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Quake hits Iran and lightly injures about 100

Reuters: An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale...