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Iran jails Getty photographer for three years: website

AFP: Iran has sentenced a freelance photographer for Getty Images photo agency to three years in prison for taking pictures of 2009 election protests,...

Iran hangs Jundollah leader Abdolmalek Rigi

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 20 - The leader of the Sunni dissident group Jundollah, Abdolmalek Rigi, was hanged at dawn on Sunday in Tehran's...

Iran must bring Neda’s killer to justice: Amnesty

AFP: The killer of Neda Agha-Soltan, whose shooting death during a street protest against last summer's Iranian election was flashed around the world on...

Iran rejects West’s criticism over human rights

AP: Iran's foreign ministry has rejected Western nations' criticism of its human rights record, calling it unrealistic and politically motivated. The...

Iran to create internet police, security chief says

CNN: Iran is creating a new "internet police" force, the head of the country's security forces said Wednesday, according to the semi-official Fars news...

U.S. claims victory after Iran rebuked at U.N. rights body

Reuters: Iran was rebuked at the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday for its violent crackdown on unrest after the 2009 presidential election, in...

30 arrested at Tehran cemetery

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 15 – At least 30 people were arrested in clashes between security forces and opposition supporters on Tuesday afternoon in...

Iran tries to quash rebuke at U.N. rights body

Reuters: Iran, backed by Muslim and other allies, tried Tuesday to quash a Western-led move at the U.N. Human Rights Council to rebuke Tehran's...

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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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Iran: Violent Transfer of Political Prisoners to the Notorious Ghezel Hesar Prison

On Monday, April 13, seven political prisoners held in...

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

At a time when public access to the internet...

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US admiral urges Iran Guard navy to communicate

Reuters: The U.S. chief of naval operations on Thursday...