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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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Renewed Protests Erupt in Iran

In recent days, Iran has witnessed fundamental changes in the nature of popular protests. The movement has evolved from...

Rising Crime and Social Breakdown After 47 Years of Clerical Rule in Iran

While Iran's regime has spent much of its resources and capabilities over more than four decades suppressing opponents, silencing...

Seventy-Eight Nobel Laureates Urge UN Action Amid Rising Executions in Iran

A coalition of 78 Nobel Prize laureates has issued a joint appeal to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, calling...

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Bread Prices and the New Wave of Price Increases and Rationing in Iran

In recent days, the issue of bread prices has...

Internet Shutdowns Have Devastated the Livelihoods of Millions of Iranians

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