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Bosnian filmmakers protest jailing of Iranian directors

AFP: About 50 Bosnian filmmakers and actors gathered Monday in front of the Iranian embassy in Sarajevo to protest against prison sentences handed out...

Iran’s Intelligence Minister admits hacking into opposition e-mail

RFE/RL: Iran’s Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi has publicly admitted hacking into the e-mail of opposition members. Radio Free Europe / Radio...

Germany summons Iran’s ambassador over journalists

AP: Germany has summoned Iran's ambassador to express anger that two detained German journalists in Iran weren't able to meet with relatives over Christmas...

Iran condemns ‘Zionist spy’ to death: prosecutor

AFP: An Iranian revolutionary court has sentenced a "spy working for the Zionist regime" to death, Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said on Sunday....

Iran halts execution of Kurdish student: lawyer

AFP: Iran has halted the execution of Kurdish student Habibolah Latifi, who was due to be hanged on Sunday for backing a separatist rebel...

Family fails to meet detained journalists in Iran

AP: Relatives of two German journalists detained in Iran since October were not allowed to see their loved ones for Christmas despite traveling to...

Iran agrees to release fuel tankers: Afghan VP

AFP: Afghan Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim said on Sunday that Iran has agreed to lift a ban on fuel tankers crossing into Afghanistan...

Amnesty appeals for life of Kurd student in Iran

AFP: Amnesty International has appealed to Iran to commute the death sentence of a Kurdish law student who it said is set to be...

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Targeted Repression of Iranian Women, From Mass Arrests to Death Sentences

Women in Iran have faced a wave of widespread arrests and targeted repression; a wave that indicates a planned...

Ali Akbar Daneshvarkar’s Final Letter Offers a Personal Account from Iran’s Death Row

Iran’s regime tries to shut the voice of dissidents through brutal executions. But in the case of Ali Akbar...

Iranian Political Prisoner Mohammad Abbasi Hanged in Ghezel Hesar Prison

In the early hours of Wednesday, May 13, the judiciary of the Iranian regime executed Mohammad Abbasi, a 55-year-old...

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Message from a Political Prisoner Inside Iran’s Prisons

Imprisoned student Amirhossein Moradi, responding to an offer by...

Increasing Pressure on Female Political Prisoners in Iran’s Evin Prison

Reports indicate increasing pressure and restrictions against female political...

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