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Iran political prisoners plan ceremony to mark death of activist

Iran Focus: London, Sep. 08 – Human rights activists in the Iranian capital have told Iran Focus that prison-mates of Valiollah Feyz-Mahdavi, a political...

Amnesty deeply concerned at death of Iran political prisoner

Iran Focus: London, Sep. 08 – The international human rights groups Amnesty International expressed “deep concern” at the death in custody of a long-time...

Iran executes two more prisoners

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 08 – Two men were hanged in Tehran, a state-run daily reported on Thursday. Iran FocusTehran, Iran, Sep....

Iran “murders” political prisoner – exiles

Iran Focus: London, Sep. 07 – Iranian authorities have “murdered” a long-time political prisoner, the main Iranian opposition coalition announced on Wednesday. Iran...

Prisoner hanged in southern Iran over bombings

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 05 – A prisoner was hanged in the southern port city of Bandar Abbass, the semi-official daily Kayhan reported...

Man hanged in public in volatile Iran province

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 05 – A man was hanged in public on Monday in one of Iran’s most volatile provinces. Iran...

Photo report – Police clamp down on dissent in Iran capital

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 31 – Iran’s State Security Forces have dispatched motorbike units in several districts of the Iranian capital in an...

Man hanged in public in restive Iran province

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 27 – A man was hanged in public on Saturday in the south-eastern province of Sistan-va-Baluchestan, the official news...

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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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