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Record number of reporters jailed globally: Report

AP: The Committee to Protect Journalists on Tuesday said Turkey, Iran and China have imprisoned the most journalists. The journalists' group says that...

Iran arrests 28 over links to religious networks

AP: Tehran's chief prosecutor says authorities have arrested 28 Iranians for alleged links to foreign-based TV networks advocating the Baha'i religion, which...

UN rights chief urges Iran to ease up on dissident

AP: The U.N.'s top human rights official is urging Iran to improve conditions for a jailed human rights activist who has been on...

Imprisoned Iranian lawyer ends hunger strike-website

Reuters: Imprisoned Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh ended her nearly 50-day long hunger strike on Tuesday, an opposition website said, after authorities lifted...

Iran says blogger who died in custody was beaten

AP: Prosecutor Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi told reporters Monday that an investigation into the death of Sattar Beheshti has found that he was...

Iran suspends computer programmer’s death sentence: report

Reuters: Iran has suspended the death sentence for a computer programmer convicted on charges of running a pornographic website after he "repented...

Iran sacks cyber police chief over blogger’s death

AFP: Tehran's cyber police chief has been sacked for negligence in events leading to the death in custody of an Iranian blogger, Iran's...

10 detained in incident at Iran embassy in Berlin

AP: Police say a group of assailants pelted the Iranian Embassy in Berlin with stones and paint and pulled down an Iranian flag...

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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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A New Wave of Mass Arrests in Iran

Following the wave of repression after the nationwide protests...

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

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