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Iran student arrested after reporting to court as summoned

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 19 - An Iranian student was arrested earlier this week after reporting to the country’s moral police as...

European Parliament urges Iran to release students

Reuters: Iran should release students arrested for planning a protest, the president of the European Parliament said on Monday. A statement from Hans-Gert Poettering...

Iran jails 9 teachers over banned rally – report

Reuters: An Iranian court has jailed nine teachers for 91 days on charges of disturbing public opinion by encouraging colleagues to stage illegal protests,...

Iran: Man faces death by stoning for adultery

AKI: A 48-year-old man with two children faces death by stoning in Iran after he was accused of having had extra-marital sex. ...

Iran: Kurdish students arrested after Tehran protest

AKI: Four Kurdish students, who called for human rights for their ethnic group at a university protest, have been arrested in Iran. Adnkronos...

Four hanged in north-east Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 11 - Four people were hanged on Tuesday in the province of Khorrasan Shomali, north-eastern Iran, state television reported....

UN rights chief condemns hanging of young Iranian

AFP: The top United Nations human rights official on Friday voiced her "grave concern" at the execution of a young Iranian man convicted of...

Iranian hanged despite court order quashing sentence

AFP: An Iranian youth was hanged for rape in the city of Kermanshah despite his victims withdrawing their complaint and a judicial decree quashing...

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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....

Infighting Intensifies Among the Iranian Regime’s Factions

Infighting among the Iranian regime’s ruling factions has entered a new phase. At a time when economic crisis, social...

120th Week of ‘No to Execution Tuesdays’: Political Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike in 56 Iranian Prisons Amid Escalating Crackdown

On Tuesday, May 12, 2026, political prisoners across 56 prisons in Iran launched a renewed hunger strike, marking the...

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