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Amnesty issues appeal for ill Iran political prisoner

Iran Focus London, 18 May - Amnesty International have made an urgent appeal for action regarding the Iranian political prisoner Omid Kokabee. Kokabee is...

21 more people executed by Iran’s totalitarian regime; bringing total to 97 in just under five weeks

Iran Focus Tehran, 18 May - At least 21 people were hanged by Iran's fundamentalist regime on Tuesday, according to the opposition National Council...

Iranian political prisoner denied hospital treatment despite heart attack

Iran Focus London, 16 May - An Iranian political prisoner is being refused hospital treatment by the authorities after suffering a suspected heart attack...

Iran prison guards raid cells of Kurdish political prisoners; beat them and pillage their belongings

Iran Focus London, 16 May - Prison guards in Iran’s infamous Gohardasht (Rajai-Shahr) Prison raided a Kurdish political prisoners' ward on Saturday morning, according...

Iran: Political prisoner on hunger strike in Tabriz

Iran Focus Tehran, 13 May - Retired teacher and political prisoner Mohammad-Amin Agoushi has been on a hunger strike since 24 April in Tabriz...

British woman in detention in Iran briefly allowed to see family

Iran Focus London, 13 May - Iranian authorities have told the family of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been held in solitary confinement for five...

Iran amputates man’s fingers for theft

Iran Focus London, 12 May - Iran’s government and judiciary continues to sanction brutal punishments as a man has his fingers removed in the...

Police chief says Iran prisons are overcrowded

Iran Focus London, 10 May - Iran’s prisons have exceeded their capacity according to Iranian chief of police Brigadier General Hossein Ashtari, whose seemingly...

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The Collapse of Investment in Iran, the Shutdown of Production, the Downward Spiral of Life

The collapse of investment in Iran means the halt of production, widespread unemployment, capital flight, the destruction of job...

Inflation, Economic Crisis, and the Silent Collapse of Iran’s Middle Class

The state-run Khabar Fori website wrote on May 22 that the phenomenon of “poor billionaires” has become one of...

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