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Iran activist jailed for six years

Reuters: Iran sentenced a female human rights activist to six years in prison on Saturday, the latest sign of its determination to punish those...

Iranian police arrest 60 people at party

Reuters: Iranian police arrested 60 people at a party last weekend where alcohol was served and men and women mingled freely, a newspaper reported...

Iran arrests Baha’i for “illicit” relations – report

Reuters: An Iranian Baha'i missionary has been arrested in northern Iran for allegedly having an "illicit sexual relationship", the semi-official Fars news agency said...

IRAN: Prominent human rights lawyer arrested in Tehran

Los Angeles Times: Iranian authorities on Saturday arrested the prominent lawyer and women's rights activist Nasrine Sotoudeh, her husband told Babylon & Beyond. ...

IRAN: Courts confirm two more stoning sentences on adultery charges

Los Angeles Times: Amid the controversy and international outcry sparked by the stoning sentence handed down to a 43-year-old Iranian mother of two, Sakineh...

UN anti-racism panel calls on Iran to counter hatred

AFP: The UN anti-racism panel Friday called on Iran to counter racism and ethnic discrimination, including incitement to hatred by officials and "double discrimination...

Man hanged in south-west Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 19 - A young man, Makki Jaradi, was hanged earlier this week in Ahvaz, in the south-western province of Khuzestan....

London blasts Iran over stoning case

AFP: London said Iran had showed an "unwillingness" to follow even its own standards in recent judicial cases, after a junior foreign minister met...

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

The Wall Street Journal, citing US officials, reported that US President Donald Trump has ordered preparations for a long-term...

War Economy and Stagflation in Iran

Unemployment and inflation in a war for which the Iranian regime is the primary cause are no longer merely...

Transfer of a death-row political prisoner to solitary confinement in Urmia, Iran

Punitive transfer of death-row political prisoner Mehrab Abdollahzadeh to solitary confinement in Urmia Prison Mehrab Abdollahzadeh, a political prisoner sentenced...

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Iranian Doctor Sentenced to Death for Helping Injured Protesters

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

Iran’s Nurses Reject the Regime’s ‘Pro Internet’ Plan

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