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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...

Iranian Nobel laureate’s home broken into twice

AFP: The door to Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi's home was forced open twice in the past 10 days, she said Wednesday, adding that...

Iran blasted for hanging of girl in chastity case

Chicago Sun Times: A leading human rights group on Tuesday  denounced Iran's reported public execution of a teen girl in a controversial chastity case.The...

Girl, 16, Hanged in Public in Iran

Iran Focus On Sunday, August 15, a 16-year-old girl in the town  of Neka, northern Iran, was executed. Atefeh Sahaleh was hanged in public...

Iran Hangs Three Drug Smugglers in Public – Paper

Reuters: Iran has hanged three drug smugglers in a public square in the southern province of Kerman, the Jomhuri-ye Eslami newspaper reported on Saturday....

Iranian Parliament Refuses To Define Political Crimes

AFP: Iran's conservative-controlled parliament on Wednesday blocked a plan to define political crimes which would have clarified the status of political prisoners, said the...

IRAN’S RULERS FEAR THE PEOPLE

VOA: Like despotic rulers everywhere, the extremist Muslim clerics who run Iran consider the people their greatest enemy. That is why, says U.S. National...

US, Canada to Cooperate on Iran, Canadian Foreign Minister Says

Radio Farda: US and Canada pledged to cooperate on pressing Iran to end its nuclear program and bring to justice those responsible for the...

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Iran’s Regime Cuts Government Aid to Thousands of Disabled People

Behrooz Morovati, an activist for disability rights and the director of the 19 May Disabilities Campaign, announced that "this...

International Energy Agency: Iran Producing 3.3mn Barrels of Oil Per Day

According to the latest monthly report by the International Energy Agency, Iran's daily oil production in the month of...

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...

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Iran: Three Nurses Dead from Burnout in One Month

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

Parliamentary Election Rejected by 92% of Eligible Voters in Tehran

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

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Iran Focus London, 30 May - In a recent hearing...

Board Accepts Nuclear Vow by Iranians

New York Times: In a defeat for the Bush...