Iran Human Rights

Rights group “greatly concerned” by targeted arrests in Iran

Iran Focus: London, Sep. 26 - The international human rights group Amnesty International is "greatly concerned" by a continuing crackdown by Iranian authorities against...

Iran cracks down on public eaters during holy month

Iran Focus: Hamedan, Iran, Sep. 25 – State Security Forces (SSF) in the western city of Hamedan have announced that they would crack down...

Four men hanged in south-eastern Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 25 – Iranian authorities have hanged four men in the south-eastern province of Sistan-va-Baluchestan, according to a state-run daily....

Prisoner hanged in troubled south-east Iran province

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 23 - A prisoner was hanged in the troubled province of Sistan-va-Baluchestan, south-eastern Iran, the state-run daily Etemaad reported...

Iran hangs teenage boy for crime committed as child

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 21 – Iranian authorities hanged a teenager in public on Wednesday for a crime he had purportedly committed as...

Congressional critics blast Iran on human rights

Voice of America: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's address to the United Nations coincided with sharp criticism of the Iranian leader in the U.S. Congress. The...

Iran launches new “Youth Police” at start of school year

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 17 – A new security organ has been set up to aid police inside schools in Tehran beginning from...

U.S.: Iran severely restricts freedom of religion

Iran Focus: London, Sep. 16 – The United States Department of State accused Iran on Friday of “severely” restricting freedom of religion. Iran...

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The Return of the Shah’s Infamous Royal Secret Police to the Streets of Europe

Eighty years after World War II and the fall of Hitler’s fascism in Germany, the use of Nazi symbols...

Tehran Responds to U.S. Proposal After Trump’s Threat

The state-run IRNA news agency reported on Sunday, May 10, that the Iranian regime had sent its response to...

375% Increase in Food Prices in Iran

State-run media outlets reported on Saturday, May 9, a new wave of price increases for essential goods and basic...

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Tehran Responds to U.S. Proposal After Trump’s Threat

The state-run IRNA news agency reported on Sunday, May...

The 119th week of the ‘No to Execution Tuesdays’ campaign in 56 prisons

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