Iran: Torture Used to Suppress Dissent

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Human Rights Watch: The Iranian government has intensified its campaign of torture, arbitrary arrests, and detentions against political critics, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

Three prisoners publicly hanged in Iran

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AFP: Three Iranians convicted of rape, kidnapping and extortion have been hanged publicly in the western city of Khoramabad, the conservative Jaam-e Jam newspaper reported Tuesday.

Iran’s world-famous pistachio under cloud of EU ban over cancer fears

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AFP: Iran’s pistachio industry had been in turmoil, with its product close to being slapped with a ban in the the European Union.

4 Iranians Challenge Detention

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Los Angeles Times: 4 Brothers have been held since 2001 in what their lawyer calls ‘post-9/11 hysteria.’ U.S. officials cite support for a group on terrorist list.

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