Iran Human Rights

Violence, poverty and abuse led girl, 16, to gallows

Iran Focus: Neka (northern Iran), Aug 31 – The orphaned 16-year-old girl hanged in front of residents in this town close to the Caspian...

Man hanged in public in Arak

Iran Focus: Tehran - A man was hanged in public in the city of Arak, (central Iran) on Sunday, August 29. As the unnamed...

Four forced to watch their father’s hanging

Iran Focus: Tehran, Sep. 3 - A man by the name of Mohammad N. was hanged in public in the city of Arak, (central...

Memories of a slaughter in Iran

TORONTO STAR: Payam lives alone and never talks about the past. The 46-year-old Iranian with gentle brown eyes and a quiet smile is haunted...

EU: Patten Says Iran Entails One Of His ‘Biggest Regrets’

RFE/RL: The EU's outgoing external relations commissioner, Chris Patten, has said Iran's "backward movement" on human rights and unwillingness to fully meet UN nuclear...

Pettigrew: Canada hasn’t ruled out sanctions against Iran in Kazemi case

Associated Press: Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew said Tuesday that Canada has not ruled out sanctions against Iran to protest the death in custody...

A Fashion Fatwa

The Washington Times: Iran's parliament is preparing fashion designs for national Islamic costumes to combat what they call the corrupting influence of Western fashion....

Death and the maiden in Iran

Sunday Telegraph: Atefeh Rajabi appears to have been a fairly normal 16-year-old: sulky, disobedient, and eager to have sex. In London, those attributes earn...

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Iran’s Regime Evading Oil Sanctions Through Malaysia

Brian Nelson, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, sees Iran's increased capacity to transport...

Iran’s Cooperation Level Unacceptable, IAEA Director Says

The Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) described the regime's cooperation with the agency as unacceptable upon...

Iran’s Gold Merchants on Strike in Several Cities

Reports and images circulated on social media indicate the expansion of protests and strikes by gold sellers in several...

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Iran’s Cooperation Level Unacceptable, IAEA Director Says

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

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