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Media rights group urges UN chief to act on Iran executions

Iran Focus: London, Aug. 15 – A prominent international media rights group called on the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to take action...

Iran authorities lash man for having bible in car – report

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 13 – Iranian authorities in Tehran lashed a man on his back earlier this year for having a bible...

Authorities say they will hang 12 in Iran province soon

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 12 – Iranian authorities in the south-eastern province of Kerman announced that they will hang a dozen individuals soon,...

Iran arrests five trade unionists

AFP: Iranian security forces arrested five members of Tehran's bus drivers' union after they visited the home of their imprisoned chief, the men's lawyer...

Iran hangs man in public

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 12 – Iranian authorities hanged a man in public in the northern province of Mazandaran, state media reported on...

Media watchdog: Iran must stop hounding journalists

Iran Focus: London, Aug. 07 - A prominent press freedoms organisation urged Iran to release a newly-arrested journalist. Iran FocusLondon, Aug. 07 -...

Man hanged in public in northern Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 07 – Authorities hanged a man in public in the province of Golestan on Tuesday, northern Iran, state media reported....

Iran hangs three men

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 06 – Iranian authorities hanged three men in the south-eastern province of Sistan-va-Baluchistan on Monday, state media reported. ...

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