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Iran: 18-year-old facing imminent execution for crime committed as minor

Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 28 – A teenager who is currently in one of Iran’s Centers for Reform and Education (Juvenile Prison) is to...

Iran: Lives in the balance: an open appeal to Iran’s judicial authorities

Amnesty International: The case of Leyla Mafi, who faces execution on account of charges including sexual intercourse with blood relatives, giving birth to an...

2 antique smugglers sentenced to death in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 22 – Two antique smugglers had their death sentences upheld yesterday by an Islamic revolutionary court in the southern town...

Iran: Rights Groups Shine Spotlight On Capital Punishment In Iran

RFE/RL: Along with China and the United States, Iran has one of the highest execution rates in the world. In the last two decades,...

UN chides Iran over human rights

BBC: The UN General Assembly has censured Iran for human rights violations, in a relatively close vote. By 71 votes to 54, with 55...

Norwegian protest to Iran

The Norway Post: Norwegian Foreign Minister Jan Petersen has condemned the planned execution of the mentally retarded 19 year-old Leila M in Iran. Among...

U.N. condemns Iranian rights violations

United Press International: The U.N. General Assembly Monday expressed concern at continuing human rights violations in Iran on the reported eve of an execution...

U.N. denounces Iran abuses

Reuters: The U.N. General Assembly has criticised Iran for public executions, torture, arbitrary sentencing, flogging, stoning and systematic discrimination against women. Sponsored by Canada,...

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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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