Iran Human Rights

U.S. Helsinki Commission Members Denounce Iran’s Human Rights Record, Call for Joint U.S.-Europe Res

U.S. Newswire: The human rights situation in Iran is deteriorating, and the United States and its European allies need to develop a joint strategy...

Iran: Man sentenced to have eyes gouged out for teenage crime

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 10 – Iran’s State Supreme Court has upheld a sentence for a young man’s eyes to be gouged out and...

Rare Video Footage of Public Hanging in Iran & Recent Human Rights Watch Report Under Scrutiny

U.S. Newswire: On Thursday June 9, 2005, the Iranian-American Community of Northern California (IACNC) will hold a press conference at 10:30 a.m. (PST) in...

Blogger Mojtaba Saminejad gets two-year prison sentence

Reporters Without Borders: Reporters Without Borders voiced deep concern today about the fate of 25-year-old blogger Mojtaba Saminejad, who has been sentenced to two...

Iran weblogger jailed for ‘insulting’ supreme leader

AFP: An Iranian weblogger arrested in a crackdown against online dissent has been sentenced to two years behind bars for "insulting the supreme leader"...

Public hangings continue in Iran’s volatile oil city

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 06 - A group of Iranians were handed down harsh sentences ranging from execution and amputation of limbs to lashes...

Smuggled film shows Iran public hangings

The Times: Horrific film of three public executions carried out in Iran was shown by exiled dissidents in London yesterday.The ten-minute video, smuggled out...

Iran exile group screens video of public hanging

AP: An Iranian opposition group screened a gruesome video Wednesday showing two men being hanged before crowds in Iran, saying the executions were punishment...

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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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Execution of PMOI Members Hamed Validi and Nima Shahi in Tehran

In the early hours of Monday, April 20, Hamed...

Iran’s ‘No To Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign Marks 117th Week

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