Iran Human Rights

Iran Human Rights

Iran: Surge in executions worries rights experts

New York Times: United Nations human rights experts called on Wednesday for an urgent halt to a surge in executions in Iran in recent weeks. Iran...
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Wife of American pastor detained in Iran wants Obama’s attention

TheBlaze: Naghmeh Abedini, wife of imprisoned Pastor Saeed Abedini, an American citizen who has been trapped in the brutal Iranian prison system for more than...
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Iran Human Rights

Iran hangs 40 people in two weeks amid surge in executions

Amnesty International: Iranian authorities have executed 40 people, most of them for drugs offences, since the beginning of January. At least 33 executions were carried...
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US Senate presses Iran on Bahais

AFP: The US Senate has urged Iran to free jailed members of the Bahai faith, raising human rights concerns as President Barack Obama pursues diplomacy...
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Iran slams Euro MEPs for meeting dissidents

AFP: Iran has criticised European parliamentarians for meeting leading dissidents during a visit this month to the Islamic republic, media reports said on Sunday. ...
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UN criticizes Iran on human rights violations

AP: The U.N. General Assembly has approved a resolution criticizing Iran for serious rights violations including torture and its "alarming" and frequent use of...
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Iran Human Rights

Second worst year for journalists in jail

AFP: The number of journalists killed and imprisoned fell in 2013 but it was still the second worst year on record for reporters in prison,...
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Iran arrests man on charges of spying for Britain

AP: Iran's media says authorities have arrested a man on charges of spying for Britain. The semiofficial ISNA news agency said Saturday the man was...
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