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Iran lawmakers find cyber police guilty of blogger death: Mehr

Bloomberg: Iran’s parliament said the Tehran branch of the cyber police unit is responsible for the death in detention of a blogger who...

Iran designing software for controlled social media access

AFP: Iran is designing "intelligent software" that would give citizens restricted and controlled access to banned social networking sites, local media on...

Activist stages hunger strike in prison

Iran Focus: Reza Shahabi, a member of the Board of Directors Tehran’s Bus Drivers Syndicate, has staged a hunger strike in prison for...

Blogger’s death stirs political hornet’s nest in Iran

Reuters: Like many of his peers, the 35-year-old laborer was devout and lived at home with his mother. But his life changed when he...

US ‘aware’ of report of jailed pastor in Iran

AP: The U.S. State Department says it is in contact with the family of a man described by activists as an Iranian-American Christian...

U.N. condemns rights abuses in Iran, North Korea and Syria

Reuters: The U.N. General Assembly condemned North Korea, Iran and Syria on Thursday for widespread human rights abuses and all three countries...

American pastor imprisoned while visiting family in Iran

Fox News: A 32-year-old Iranian who is a U.S. citizen and a Christian convert has been imprisoned without notice of any formal ...

Sakharov prize honours those ‘standing up for better Iran’

AFP: The European Parliament roundly condemned Iran as it awarded its prestigious Sakharov prize Wednesday to lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and film-maker Jafar...

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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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Iran’s Regime Forges Guyana’s Flag in New Oil Tanker Scandal

Following international revelations about the Iranian regime’s covert oil...

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

The Wall Street Journal, citing US officials, reported that...

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