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UN rights office concern at rising Iran executions

Reuters: The U.N. human rights office voiced concern on Tuesday at a recent rise in executions in Iran and implored the Islamic Republic to...

U.N. urges Iran to stop teen executions

UPI: The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Tuesday urged Iran to not execute teens following reports that the country recently put to death...

Man hanged in northern Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 01 – Iranian authorities have hanged a man in Noshahr, northern Iran, state media reported on Sunday. Iran...

Iran hangs four men, one woman

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 28 – Iranian authorities hanged five people, including a woman, in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison, state media reported on...

Outcry as Iran executes child offender

The Scotsman: The number of Iranians facing execution for crimes they committed as children has reached "crisis levels", a human rights organisation warned yesterday. ...

Iran hangs second teenager

BBC: Human rights organisations have condemned the execution of another juvenile offender in Iran on Tuesday. By Pam O'Toole BBC News Human...

Iranian execution revives debate over minors

New York Times: Iran has executed a 20-year-old man who was sentenced to death for a murder he committed when he was 15, reviving an...

Iran condemned for youth hanging

BBC: Amnesty International has condemned the hanging in Iran of Reza Hejazi, who was executed for a crime he committed when he was under...

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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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