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Iran’s Judiciary Chief orders harsher prison terms

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 20 – Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi ordered a ban on prison leave for “enemies of the...

Police street-parade young man near Iran capital

Iran Focus: Karaj, Iran, Oct. 14 – An Iranian youth from the city of Karaj, west of Tehran, was publicly paraded by State Security...

Iran sentences 17-year-old boy to death

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 09 – A 17-year-old boy was sentenced to death by hanging, a state-run daily reported on Sunday. Iran...

Canada to put forward UN resolution on Iran rights

Reuters: Canada will put forward a resolution at the United Nations for the third year in a row accusing Iran of human rights violations,...

Men flogged in public in Iran capital

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 02 – A group of Iranian men were flogged in public in the Iranian capital and sentenced to several...

Iran jails dissident student leader

AFP: Iranian dissident student leader Ali Afshari has been sentenced to six years in jail for "attacking national security", a source close to him...

Iran flogs, publicly hangs young man by riverside

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 25 – A young man was publicly hanged at a riverside in the Iranian town of Kashan, south of...

Man hanged in northern Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 25 – A man was hanged in the city of Sari, capital of the northern Mazandaran Province, on drug...

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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 become one of the most important livelihood concerns in Iran....

Privatization: The Transfer of Wealth to Power Circles in Iran’s Regime

Privatization has been one of the most significant economic policies of Iran's regime over the past three decades. Regime...

European Union Sanctions Against Iran’s Regime and the Strait of Hormuz Crisis

In the latest development in the tense relations between Tehran and Brussels, the issue of European Union sanctions has...

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Iran’s Regime Upholds Death Sentences of Five Political Prisoners in Ahvaz

Karoon Human Rights Organization reported that the death sentences...

Iran’s ‘No to Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign Enters 124th Week

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U.S. says no decision on Iranian talks in Baghdad

Reuters: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad said no...