Iran Human Rights

Jahangir: a Brave, Fearless and Determined Advocate of Human Rights and Equality

Iran Focus London, 12 Feb - Ms. Asma Jahangir, a leading human rights lawyer and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in...

Iranian Academics Demand Answers in Alleged Suicide of Environmentalist

Iran Focus London, 12 Feb - In an open letter to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, leading academics in Iran have demanded answers relating to...

Iran Human Rights Abuses Soared in January

Iran Focus London, 07 Feb - Human rights abuses in Iran are plentiful, but this January has seen them soar as a result of...

Iran: Dervishes Community Attacked by Security Forces

Iran Focus London, 06 Feb - On Sunday, security forces in Iran besieged the house of one of the most well-known leaders of Shiite...

Iranian Christian Coverts Seek Asylum in Uk to Avoid Death Penalty

Iran Focus London, 05 Feb - An asylum seeker who fled Iran, fearing that he would be killed by the theocratic rule for converting...

International Community Must Condemn Human Rights Abuses in Iran or Risk Another Massacre

Iran Focus London, 02 Feb - The Iranian Regime’s crackdown on peaceful anti-regime protesters over the past few weeks is being fuelled by the...

Amnesty International Decries Another Execution of Juvenile Offender in Iran

Iran Focus London, 31 Jan - Human rights organisation Amnesty International has hit out at the “exceptionally cruel” execution of a juvenile offender in Iran....

Iran Protesters Told to Fake Drug Addiction for Early Release; Confessions Used as Evidence Against Them

Iran Focus London, 25 Jan - Detainees arrested during the ongoing widespread protest in Iran have been told to tell the Iranian authorities that...

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US Preparing for a Long-Term Blockade of Iran’s Ports

The Wall Street Journal, citing US officials, reported that US President Donald Trump has ordered preparations for a long-term...

War Economy and Stagflation in Iran

Unemployment and inflation in a war for which the Iranian regime is the primary cause are no longer merely...

Transfer of a death-row political prisoner to solitary confinement in Urmia, Iran

Punitive transfer of death-row political prisoner Mehrab Abdollahzadeh to solitary confinement in Urmia Prison Mehrab Abdollahzadeh, a political prisoner sentenced...

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Iranian Political Prisoner Naser Bakrzadeh’s at Risk of Execution

Following the confirmation of Naser Bakrzadeh’s death sentence by...

US Sanctions Chinese Refinery, Tehran-linked Shipping Companies

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced a new...

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