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U.N. committee slaps Syria, Iran, North Korea, Myanmar for rights abuses

Reuters: A U.N. General Assembly committee on Tuesday condemned Syria for widespread human rights abuses and expressed concern about such violations in...

Family seeks Iran prisoner release as talk hopes rise

AFP: The family of a US citizen jailed in Iran made a fresh appeal Friday for his release as hopes rose for a...

London hunger strike women in ‘really poor condition’ but are willing to die

Evening Standard: Seven London women have been on hunger strike for nearly 10 weeks near the US embassy in protest at violence in Iraq....

Iranian official: Lift social media bans

AP: Iran's culture minister is urging authorities to unblock social media networks that are widely used by government figures but remain officially...

Iran: TV stars ‘warned not to play clerics’

BBC: Ayatollah Seyyed Hashem Hoseyni-Bushehri, who heads the Qom Seminary, criticised the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) for airing shows that...

Nobel winner Ebadi urges EU, U.S. to ban Iran from TV satellites

Reuters: Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi on Monday called on the European Union and United States to ban Iran from using U.S. and...

Iran prisoners on hunger strike

AFP: Several Iranian political prisoners have gone on hunger strike in protest at being denied proper medical care in jail, international rights...

Iran hangs 16 prisoners following deadly Pakistan border attack

Bloomberg: Authorities in Iran hanged 16 people imprisoned for alleged links with anti-regime groups in retaliation for the killing of 17 border guards...

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Four Decades of Bitter Narratives: May Day as a Day of Wrath, Not Celebration, for Iran’s Workers

Does International Workers’ Day represent a celebration of dignity and status for Iran’s labor force? Do they gather in...

Iran Intensifies Pressure on Families of PMOI Prisoners Amid Expanding Crackdown

Iranian authorities have intensified pressure on the families of political prisoners and executed dissidents in recent weeks, with multiple...

Iran: A Dangerous Country for Journalists

According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the state of press freedom worldwide has fallen to its lowest level in...

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Restrictions, Pressure, and Detention of Families of Opponents of Iran’s Regime

According to a report by Sky News on April...

UN Officials Call for a Halt to Executions and Repression in Iran

Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human...

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No country will dare attack Iran – top military commander

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 04 – A senior...