Iran Human Rights

Asylum: the peers’ revolt

The Independent: Britain must radically change its immigration policy and end immediately the deportation of failed asylum-seekers who fear persecution in Iran, a group...

UK Foreign Office rips human rights violations in Iran

Iran Focus: London, Mar. 26 - The United Kingdom's Foreign Office has accused the Iranian authorities of committing "serious" human rights abuses. Iran...

Iran-linked Bahrain bank targeted by U.S. sanctions

Bloomberg: The Bush administration will freeze any U.S. assets of Future Bank B.S.C., a Bahrain-based bank controlled by an Iranian lender linked to Iran's...

U.S. accuses Iran of violating human rights

Iran Focus: London, Mar. 12 - The U.S. State Department on Tuesday accused Iranian authorities of stepping up repression throughout the country in 2007....

A life or death decision

The Independent: Mehdi Kazemi is a gay teenager from Iran. He sought sanctuary in Britain after his boyfriend was hanged for homosexuality. So why...

Brutal land where homosexuality is punishable by death

The Independent: The Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, did not bat an eyelid when he asserted at New York's Columbia university that there were no...

Iraq: Sunnis say Iran working to solidify economic control

RFE/RL: Even before his foot touched Iraqi soil, Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad had much to celebrate. His country has entrenched itself in the Iraqi...

U.S.-Iranian reporter jailed in absentia in Iran

Reuters: Iran has jailed a U.S.-Iranian reporter in her absence for one year on charges including acting against national security, a news agency said...

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Deadlock and the Necessity of Difficult Diplomatic Decisions for Iran’s Regime

Iran's regime in 2026 is in a situation that can be described as the intersection of accumulated crises. While...

Factional War Over a U.S. Agreement Spills into Iran’s Streets as Rifts Open Across Regime Factions

As reports of a final agreement between Iran's regime and the United States grow louder, signs of a deep...

The Effects of Sanctions Relief and Negotiations on Iran’s Economy

Today, Iran’s economy is simultaneously suffering from chronic inflation, declining investment, the erosion of the middle class, expanding poverty,...

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Internet Shutdowns Have Devastated the Livelihoods of Millions of Iranians

Following widespread and repeated internet shutdowns in Iran ordered...

Ali Khamenei’s Corpse and the Spectacle of a Dictator’s Burial

The project of burying Ali Khamenei has long been...

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