Iran Human Rights

Iran Human Rights

Iran faces UN rights review on Monday

AFP: The UN's human rights committee will on Monday begin questioning Iran over its attempts to reduce executions and other extreme judicial sentences, while...
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Iran Human Rights

Iran pastor guilty of being a ‘Zionist, traitor’: official

AFP: Iranian pastor Yusef Nadarkhani should face the death penalty for being a traitorous "Zionist" and committing "security crimes," not for apostasy, an official...
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Germany summons Iran envoy to demand pastor’s release

AFP: Germany summoned the Iranian charge d'affaires to demand a stay of execution for a pastor who has refused to give up Christianity and...
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Iran Human Rights

US condemns Iran over pastor facing death

AFP: The United States on Thursday warned Iran would show "utter disregard" for religious freedom if it carried out a death sentence on a...
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Iran Human Rights

Iranian pastor’s death sentence deplorable: Hague

AFP: Foreign Secretary William Hague on Wednesday said he "deplored" reports that Iran was about to execute a pastor after he refused to give...
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Top US lawmaker urges Iran to spare Christian pastor

AFP: US House Speaker John Boehner urged Iran on Wednesday to spare the life of an Iranian pastor reportedly facing execution for refusing to...
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Iran publicly hangs convicted teen murderer

AFP: Iran on Wednesday publicly hanged a teenage boy convicted of killing an athlete billed as "Iran's strongest man," local media reported. ...
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Iran Human Rights

Amnesty urges 11th-hour stay for Iran death row teen

AFP: Human rights group Amnesty International called on Tuesday for an 11th-hour stay of execution for a 17-year-old due to be hanged after being...
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Iran’s Car Market Experiences Sharp Surge in Prices Afte War-Induced Stagnation

Media outlets in Iran report that the prices of many domestically produced cars have increased by 3 billion to...
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UN Officials Call for a Halt to Executions and Repression in Iran

Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in a statement published on April 29, strongly condemned...
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Iran’s National Currency Has Declined by 120% Over the Past Year

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