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Iran hangs three men

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 04 - Three men were hanged in a town south of Tehran on Monday. Iran FocusTehran, Jan. 04 -...

Iranian journalist gets prison term, desert exile

AP: An Iranian journalist lost an appeal Sunday against his conviction on charges of spreading propaganda against the ruling Islamic establishment and was sentenced...

U.N. rights chief urges Iran to curb police excesses

Reuters: United Nations Human Rights chief Navi Pillay on Wednesday called on the Tehran government to curb excess use of force by its security...

Iran police still holding 300 over Sunday protests

AFP: Iranian police said on Wednesday that they are still holding 300 of the 500 "rioters" they arrested at the weekend when opposition supporters...

Iran acknowledges prisoners were beaten to death

AP: After months of denials, Iran acknowledged Saturday that at least three people detained in the country's postelection turmoil were beaten to death by...

Voices of Iranian rights activists are being heard: US

AFP: The United States said Friday that the voices of Iranian human rights activists are being heard, as it welcomed the adoption of a...

Amnesty condemns Iranian ‘rights abuses’

BBC: Human rights in Iran are as poor as at any time over the past 20 years, according to a report from campaign group...

Iran steps up its crackdown on student protesters

Washington Post: Iran intensified its crackdown on demonstrators Tuesday as thousands of pro-government militiamen stormed the grounds of the country's most prominent university and...

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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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Restrictions, Pressure, and Detention of Families of Opponents of Iran’s Regime

According to a report by Sky News on April...

Iran’s Housing Market Under the Rubble of War

The 40-day war involving Iran’s regime, the United States,...

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U.S. and UK united against Iran nuclear programme

Reuters: The leaders of the United States and Britain...