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Memories of a slaughter in Iran

TORONTO STAR: Payam lives alone and never talks about the past. The 46-year-old Iranian with gentle brown eyes and a quiet smile is haunted...

EU: Patten Says Iran Entails One Of His ‘Biggest Regrets’

RFE/RL: The EU's outgoing external relations commissioner, Chris Patten, has said Iran's "backward movement" on human rights and unwillingness to fully meet UN nuclear...

Pettigrew: Canada hasn’t ruled out sanctions against Iran in Kazemi case

Associated Press: Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew said Tuesday that Canada has not ruled out sanctions against Iran to protest the death in custody...

A Fashion Fatwa

The Washington Times: Iran's parliament is preparing fashion designs for national Islamic costumes to combat what they call the corrupting influence of Western fashion....

Death and the maiden in Iran

Sunday Telegraph: Atefeh Rajabi appears to have been a fairly normal 16-year-old: sulky, disobedient, and eager to have sex. In London, those attributes earn...

Iranian Nobel laureate’s home broken into twice

AFP: The door to Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi's home was forced open twice in the past 10 days, she said Wednesday, adding that...

Iran blasted for hanging of girl in chastity case

Chicago Sun Times: A leading human rights group on Tuesday  denounced Iran's reported public execution of a teen girl in a controversial chastity case.The...

Girl, 16, Hanged in Public in Iran

Iran Focus On Sunday, August 15, a 16-year-old girl in the town  of Neka, northern Iran, was executed. Atefeh Sahaleh was hanged in public...

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Iran: How Pahlavi’s Name Stole the January 2026 Uprising

In the biting cold of mid-January 2026, the air in Tehran’s Vali-e-Asr Square was thick with the scent of...

Escalating Executions in Iran Put EU Policy Under Scrutiny

A conference held at the European Parliament in Brussels on April 22, 2026, brought renewed attention to the escalating...

U.S. Sanctions Tehran’s Drone and Missile Networks

As part of its ongoing maximum pressure policy, the United States imposed new sanctions targeting supply networks linked to...

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Iran’s War-Stricken Economy and Structural Deadlock

Iran’s war-stricken economy is now in a condition where...

Internet Shutdown in Iran: 48 Days of Blackout and $80 Million in Daily Losses

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