Iran Human Rights

Swedish Parliament draws attention to human rights violations in Iran

Iran Focus: Gothenburg, Dec. 6 - In a parliamentary conference in Stockholm last week, Swedish parliamentarians from different factions debated the growing trend of...

Iran voices ‘concern’ over human rights in Netherlands, EU

AFP: Iran responded to fresh EU criticism of its human rights situation by saying it was concerned by what it alleged were violations in...

Released Iranian reformist journalists write letters of repentance: report

AFP: Three Iranian reformist journalists released in the past days have written letters of repentance, saying they were "brainwashed" by foreigners and "counter-revolutionaries", press...

Five webloggers jailed

Reporters Without Borders: Reporters Without Borders has strongly protested against the Iran's relentless efforts to stifle free expression online after the arrest of five...

Women facing imminent stoning, death by hanging in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Nov. 30 - The Supreme Court of Iran has upheld a stoning sentence for a woman accused of adultery. Hajieh Esmailvand...

Wave of executions in recent days

Iran Focus: Tehran, Nov. 29 - A 19-year-old man was sentenced to death yesterday, after being convicted of murder. The young man whose identity...

14-year-old boy ‘flogged to death’ by para-military police in western Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Nov. 25 - New information has come to light over the sudden death of a 14-year-old schoolboy in western Iran, who...

EU protests to Iran over media, dissident arrests

AFP: The European Union lodged a formal protest with Iranian authorities Wednesday over the arrest and harassment of journalists, staff of non-governmental organisations and...

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Iran is the Second Largest Prison for Writers in the World

The 2023 Freedom to Write Index, released by PEN America, shows that Iran continues to be the world’s second-largest...

Iranian Proxies Still Planning Attacks on US Forces

On Thursday, May 2, Avril Haines, the director of the U.S. National Intelligence Agency, told a Senate Armed Services...

Growing Calls for the Terrorist Designation of the IRGC

On Monday, April 29, the Iranian regime’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Nasser Kanani, in a weekly press briefing, claimed that...

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Dire Living Conditions of Iranian workers on International Labor Day

On the occasion of International Workers' Day, May 1,...

Iranian Merchants Facing 60% Decline in Sales Due to Presence of Morality Police

Discontent among merchants due to a 60% decrease in...

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