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Rights group urges EU to pressure Iran to stop execution

Iran Focus: London, May 13 – A Tehran-based human rights group has called on the European Union to pressure Iran to suspend the imminent...

Iran’s membership in UN Human Rights Council rejected

Iran Focus: London, May 09 – Iran failed to win a seat Tuesday at the newly-established United Nations Human Rights Council. Iran FocusLondon,...

Iran rejects EU stance on its human right record

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 06 – Iran rejected on Saturday a statement by the European Union denouncing its human rights record and instead...

EU lambastes human rights abuses in Iran

Iran Focus: London, May 06 – The European Union censured Iran on Friday for its human rights violations. Iran FocusLondon, May 06 –...

54 people flogged in Iran for attending mix-sexed party

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 05 – Iranian authorities flogged 54 people for attending a mixed-sex party in the northern province of Mazandaran, a...

Iran sentences 52 Sufis and their lawyers to jail, flogging

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 04 – Dozens of Islamic mystics and their lawyers have been sentenced to jail and flogging, a state-run daily...

Iran’s Ahmadinejad “predator” of press freedom – NGO

Iran Focus: London, May 04 – The international media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) accused hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of being a "predator"...

Iranian philosopher Jahanbegloo arrested

Reuters: Prominent Iranian philosopher and writer Ramin Jahanbegloo has been arrested on unspecified charges, judiciary officials said on Wednesday. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Prominent...

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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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Iran Regime and Israel Resume Intense Reciprocal Attacks

Early Monday morning, as the Israeli military announced the...

Expansion of Rent-Seeking and Corruption in Iran’s Car Industry

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