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UN appoints Special Rapporteur for Iran

Iran Focus: Geneva, Mar. 24 – The top United Nations human rights body on Thursday appointed a new Special Rapporteur to investigate spiralling human...

EU vows to sanction Iran human rights violators

AFP: The European Union on Monday agreed to rapidly slap sanctions against Iranians responsible for human rights violations, a declaration adopted by foreign ministers...

Fourteen killed in Iran prison violence

Reuters: Fourteen prisoners were killed and 33 injured in an incident at an Iranian jail Wednesday, that state TV said was a brawl among...

Iran intensifies crackdown against activists: UN chief

AFP: Iran has intensified its crackdown on human rights defenders, journalists and the opposition, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said in a report to be...

Iran arrests ‘a number’ of Bahais

AFP: A number of Bahais who were "promoting their faith in kindergartens" have been arrested, a prosecutor in the southern city of Bam was...

Iran: MEPs condemn Zahra Bahrami’s execution and call for fresh EU sanctions

European Parliament: The execution of Dutch-Iranian citizen Zahra Bahrami was firmly condemned by Parliament in a resolution voted on Thursday. European...

White House condemns ‘intimidation’ by Iran

AP: The White House is condemning what it calls an "organized intimidation campaign" by the Iranian government against opposition leaders and other activists. ...

U.S. lobbies for UN rights sleuth on Iran-diplomats

Reuters: The United States is quietly lobbying to establish a United Nations special investigator on human rights abuses in Iran, for the first time...

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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...

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...

Iran’s National Currency Has Declined by 120% Over the Past Year

Reports from Iran indicate a sharp surge in the price of the U.S. dollar in the open market in...

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Iranian Doctor Sentenced to Death for Helping Injured Protesters

Ameneh Soleimani, a physician, was arrested solely for saving...

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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