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Canada wants UN to assess rights situation as worse in Iran

AFP: Canada on Friday introduced a draft resolution at the UN General Assembly on what it maintains is the worsening human rights situation in...

Sixth online journalist thrown in prison as authorities reportedly prepare “adultery” charges

Reporters Without Borders: Reporters Without Borders today deplored the arrest of Iranian journalist Fershteh Ghazi, of the daily Etemad ("Confidence"), for working with reformist...

13 year old schoolgirl facing death by stoning flogged 55 times

Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 30 - Zhila Izadyar, the 13-year-old schoolgirl from the Iranian town of Marivan (north-western Iran) who is sentenced to be...

European parliament condemns human rights abuses in Iran

AFP: The European Parliament expressed alarm Thursday at the deterioration in the area of human rights in Iran, in particular those relating to press...

20 boys and girls arrested in party in northern Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 26 – Agents of Iran’s State Security Forces (SSF) raided a house-party in the town of Imam Hossein in the...

Student union leader sentenced to flogging, prison time

Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 20 - The secretary of the student union of Azad University in Iran’s Central province was sentenced to 40 lashes,...

Five more people executed in northern Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 20 – Four men were hanged in the town of Sari in the northern province of Mazandaran on charges of...

Iranian reformist editor arrested in websites crackdown

AFP: The editor of a reformist Iranian newspaper has been arrested as part of the authorities' crackdown on "illegal" Internet sites, the local media...

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

Discontent among merchants due to a 60% decrease in sales attributed to the presence of the morality police, exerting...

Dire Living Conditions of Iranian workers on International Labor Day

On the occasion of International Workers' Day, May 1, the dire economic conditions of Iranian workers have reached a...

Only One-Fifth of Iran’s Annual Housing Needs Are Met

Beytollah Setarian, a housing expert, said in an interview that Iran needs one million housing units annually, but only...

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Dire Living Conditions of Iranian workers on International Labor Day

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