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Iran Supreme Court upholds death sentence for teenage boy

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 29 – Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence for a 17-year-old schoolboy over the murder of his...

Official: A dozen Iranians die daily from drug addiction

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 26 - About a dozen people die every day in Iran from drug addiction, the equivalent of one death...

Amnesty calls for release of trade unionist from Iran jail

Iran Focus: London, Dec. 22 – A prominent international human rights organisation called for the immediate release of an Iranian trade union leader who...

Iran FM due in Bahrain next week

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 22 – Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is due to visit the oil-rich state of Bahrain next week. ...

Quakes jolt north-east and south-west Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 22 – Two quakes measuring 3.5 and 3.6 on the Richter scale shook parts of the Iranian provinces of...

Iran hangs three men, one woman

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 20 – Iranian authorities hanged four people, including a woman, in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison, state media reported on...

UN condemns human rights violations in Iran

Iran Focus: London, Dec. 19 - The United Nations General Assembly accused Iran on Tuesday of continuing the practice of torture and punishments such...

Iran student arrested after reporting to court as summoned

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 19 - An Iranian student was arrested earlier this week after reporting to the country’s moral police as...

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Rationing and Sharp Increases in Bread Prices Across Iran

The livelihood crisis and intensifying economic pressures in Iran have now affected one of the most basic daily necessities...

Internet Shutdowns Have Devastated the Livelihoods of Millions of Iranians

Following widespread and repeated internet shutdowns in Iran ordered by regime officials, reports by trade and professional organizations show...

Iran’s ‘No to Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign Enters 124th Week

On Tuesday, June 9, the "No to Executions Tuesdays" campaign entered its 124th week and once again emphasized its...

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Widespread Student Protests Across the Country; Opposition to Educational Policies

Student protests against the educational policies of the Iranian...

Internet Shutdowns Have Devastated the Livelihoods of Millions of Iranians

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