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U.S., EU blast Iran’s rights abuses at U.N. forum

Reuters: The United States and European Union denounced Iran Tuesday at the top U.N. human rights body for its bloody crackdowns on peaceful protests...

Activist arrested in Tehran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 05 - Iran Focus has learnt that Alireza Akhavan, an activist worker and member of the Centre for Defending the...

Iran court confirms jail, lashes for film maker

Reuters: An Iranian court has confirmed a sentence of three-and-a-half years in jail and 50 lashes for a journalist and film maker found guilty...

Iran arrests two reporters ahead of poll anniversary

AFP: Iran has arrested two female journalists working for reformist newspapers ahead of the first anniversary of a disputed presidential election, an opposition website...

Rights activist on trial in Iran

Iran Focus: Rome, May 27 - Shiva Nazar Ahari, 26, journalist, human rights activist, blogger and reporter of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters...

Iran police crackdown ‘targets foreign cars’

Daily Telegraph: Iranian police have launched a crackdown on irreverent social behaviour, seizing foreign-made cars whose drivers were deemed to be harassing women, the...

Iran executes brother of Sunni rebel leader Rigi

Reuters: Iran on Monday executed a brother of the detained leader of a Sunni Muslim rebel group behind the deadliest bomb attack in the...

Iran presses opposition with attacks and jail time

New York Times: As Iran approaches the first anniversary of a contested presidential election that touched off a deep political crisis, opposition supporters remain...

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

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