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Tories slam Liberal ‘silence’ in Kazemi death, demand tough stand with Iran

Canadian Press: Critics are calling on Prime Minister Paul Martin's government to take a tougher stand with Iran in the case of a Canadian...

Kazemi was deliberately killed, says Iran’s Ebadi

Reuters: Lawyers representing the family of a Canadian photographer who died in custody in Iran said on Monday she was deliberately killed and demanded...

Iran acknowledges widespread prison abuses

AP: In an unprecedented report, Iran's hard-line judiciary acknowledged widespread human rights violations in prisons, including the use of torture, state-run media reported Sunday....

UK issues damning report on human rights abuses in Iran

Iran Focus: London, Jul. 24 – Britain issued a damning report on the human rights situation in Iran, stating that there had been “no...

Iran’s Nobel winner warns of jailed writer’s health

Reuters: Iran's 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi urged human rights groups on Sunday to pay attention to the "failing" health of the...

Laureate condemns hanging of Iranian boys

AP: Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi on Saturday condemned the hanging of two teenagers accused of raping younger boys in northeastern Iran, a punishment...

Public execution for the teenagers convicted of rape

The Times: Iran has publicly hanged two male teenagers convicted of raping a 13-year-old boy at knifepoint. After the Supreme Court upheld the verdict...

Rights group censures Iran for execution of minors

Iran Focus: London, Jul. 22 – The human rights group Amnesty International today urged the Iranian government to put a halt to the execution...

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

Following reports of Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s...

700,000 Jobs Lost in Iran as A Result of War

While the fate of the war in the region...

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