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Iran dissident ‘cannot see wife’

BBC News: The wife of Iran's best-known political prisoner, journalist Akbar Ganji, says officials will not let her visit her husband, 49 days into...

Man hanged in Iran’s southern port city

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 27 – An Iranian man was hanged at dawn on Tuesday in a prison in the southern port city...

Tories slam Liberal ‘silence’ in Kazemi death, demand tough stand with Iran

Canadian Press: Critics are calling on Prime Minister Paul Martin's government to take a tougher stand with Iran in the case of a Canadian...

Kazemi was deliberately killed, says Iran’s Ebadi

Reuters: Lawyers representing the family of a Canadian photographer who died in custody in Iran said on Monday she was deliberately killed and demanded...

Iran acknowledges widespread prison abuses

AP: In an unprecedented report, Iran's hard-line judiciary acknowledged widespread human rights violations in prisons, including the use of torture, state-run media reported Sunday....

UK issues damning report on human rights abuses in Iran

Iran Focus: London, Jul. 24 – Britain issued a damning report on the human rights situation in Iran, stating that there had been “no...

Iran’s Nobel winner warns of jailed writer’s health

Reuters: Iran's 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi urged human rights groups on Sunday to pay attention to the "failing" health of the...

Laureate condemns hanging of Iranian boys

AP: Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi on Saturday condemned the hanging of two teenagers accused of raping younger boys in northeastern Iran, a punishment...

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Iranian Citizens Face Drug Shortages and Health Crisis

Turmoil in the pharmaceutical and medical supply market and the emergence of brokers on the streets of the capital...

Iranians Struggle to Afford Basic Food Basket as Prices Surge

While only about five months have passed since the implementation of the plan to remove subsidized foreign currency rates...

Iran’s Inflation Crisis: A Monster Nurtured by the Power Structure

Iran’s inflation crisis is no longer a temporary phenomenon but has become a chronic and structural condition. Contrary to...

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