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Religious freedoms in Iran concern US State Department

Iran Focus: London, Nov. 09 – The United States Department of State in its 2005 annual International Religious Freedom Report designated Iran as a...

Canada pushes for adoption of UN resolution on human rights in Iran

Canadian Press: Canada has introduced a UN resolution expressing concerns over the violation of human rights in Iran, Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew said...

Iran publicly hangs young man in north of country

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 08 – A young man was publicly hanged in the northern Iranian town of Sari, a semi-official daily reported...

Iran street-parades 22-year-old man

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 25 – A 22-year-old man from the town of Varamin, southern Tehran, was street-paraded and sentenced to lashes for...

Media watchdog blasts Iran as worst violator in region

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 21 – The international media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), in a report ranked Iran as the worst violator...

Amnesty rips Iran for child executions

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 20 – A top international human rights organisation condemned Iran on Thursday for handing down death sentences to minors...

Iran’s Judiciary Chief orders harsher prison terms

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 20 – Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi ordered a ban on prison leave for “enemies of the...

Police street-parade young man near Iran capital

Iran Focus: Karaj, Iran, Oct. 14 – An Iranian youth from the city of Karaj, west of Tehran, was publicly paraded by State Security...

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War and its Impact on Children’s Education in Iran

Repeated school closures during the war between the United States and Iran's regime have severely reduced the quality of...

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

On Monday, April 13, seven political prisoners held in Ward 7 of Evin Prison in Tehran were abruptly, violently,...

The German Government Will Not Receive the Son of Iran’s Last Shah

Following reports of Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s last Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, traveling to Germany to attend...

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The Collapse of Livelihoods in Tehran; Housing Rent Has ‌Become a Nightmare

An examination of rental listings in Tehran’s Districts 4...

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

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