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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...

Minister Who Converted From Islam Risks Death Penalty in Iran

Asia News: Hamid Pourmand is a Protestant minister of the Assemblies of God Church. He converted from Islam several years ago. Since September he...

3 teenage boys sentenced to execution

Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 18 - The Supreme Court has approved and upheld the execution sentence of 3 teenage boys. The boys who were...

Iranian soldier kills guest in party raid

AFP: An Iranian soldier has been charged with killing a party-goer during a raid on an illegal mixed-sex gathering, the student news agency ISNA...

Iranian thief loses his fingers

AFP: An Iranian man convicted of a series of robberies has had four fingers on his right hand amputated in public, the Jomhuri Eslami...

13 year old schoolgirl sentenced to death by stoning

Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 16 - A 13-year-old schoolgirl has been sentenced to stoning in the town of Marivan (northwestern Iran). Zhila Izadi...

Iran: Journalist Detained in Internet Crackdown

Human Rights Watch: The arrest of journalist and internet writer Omid Memarian continues a disturbing crackdown on journalists and internet writers in Iran, Human...

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Amnesty International Calls Halting the Death Sentence of Toomaj Salehi

On Thursday, May 17, Amnesty International sent a letter to the head of the Iranian regime’s judiciary, calling for...

Around 6 Workers Die of Safety Incidents Every Day in Iran

Ali Ziaei, the head of the Crime Scene Investigation Group at the Iranian Forensics Organization, reported the deaths of...

Air Pollution Kills 26,000 People in Iran Every Year: Head of Environment Organization

Ali Salajegheh, the head of the Environmental Protection Organization admitted in a conference in Kerman on Monday, May 13...

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Parliamentary Election Rejected by 92% of Eligible Voters in Tehran

The second round of the twelfth parliamentary elections of...

Iran: Three Nurses Dead from Burnout in One Month

Three nurses in Iran have lost their lives due...

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