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Iran arrests 3 over World Cup video

AP: Iranian police have arrested three people who appeared in an online video of young men and women singing and dancing in support of...

Freedom of information still flouted a year after Rouhani’s election

Reporters Without Borders: Reporters Without Borders condemns the lack of progress for freedom of information and the unacceptable conditions in which journalists and netizens are...

Execution of Iranian political prisoner draws condemnation

NewsBlaze: British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom strongly condemns the execution of Gholamreza Khosravi of the PMOI calling for tough actions against the Iranian officials...

‘Outraged’ experts call for end to death penalty in Iran

Newsroom America: A group of United Nations human rights experts have expressed outrage at the recent executions of two prisoners in Iran, and urged...

Six Iranians arrested after posting ‘Happy’ on YouTube

AFP - Police said on Tuesday they had arrested six Iranians suspected of posting a version of US singer Pharrell Williams's hit song "Happy" on...

Political opponent hanged for backing opposition group

Free Beacon: Gholamreza Khosravi, a 49-year-old Iranian political dissident, was hanged in prison early Sunday due to his support for the People’s Mujahideen Organization of...

US renews concerns over number of Iran executions

AFP: The United States on Monday voiced renewed concerns about the "large" number of executions in Iran, the day after political prisoner, Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani was...

Iran execution a reprisal for prison unrest: opposition

AFP: Iran on Sunday executed a political prisoner. Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani was convicted of "waging war against God" (moharebeh) by helping the People's Mujahedeen Organisation of...

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Iran’s Statistics Center reports 115% food inflation

A new report by the Statistical Center of Iran shows that food inflation in March and April this year...

The Rising Cost of Food in Iran; Hidden Pressure on Large Families

The state-run magazine Niniban published a report on April 29 regarding rising food prices. The report stated: “This is...

Four Decades of Bitter Narratives: May Day as a Day of Wrath, Not Celebration, for Iran’s Workers

Does International Workers’ Day represent a celebration of dignity and status for Iran’s labor force? Do they gather in...

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Iran’s Regime Nearing Oil Export Deadlock

Bloomberg, citing the analytics firm Kpler, reported that the...

Restrictions, Pressure, and Detention of Families of Opponents of Iran’s Regime

According to a report by Sky News on April...

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