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Iran steps up pace of executions as it courts West

Fox News: At a time when the West would like to think its negotiating partner is adopting a new, softer tone, Iran’s executions have only...

Iran: UN rights experts appeal for urgent medical care for detained political prisoners

UN News Centre: A group of independent United Nations human rights experts today voiced alarm at the denial of medical care to two political prisoners...

Report: Iran summons Greek envoy over rights vote

AP: An Iranian news agency is reporting that the country's foreign ministry has summoned the Greek ambassador in protest of a human rights resolution...

Christian prisoner in Iran protests harsh treatment with hunger strike

Morning Star News: A convert from Islam in Iran sentenced to serve almost four years in prison for Christian activities has gone on a hunger...

U.N. Extends term of human rights monitor, angering Iran

New York Times: The Iran government’s effort to portray a kinder and gentler image was frustrated on Friday by the United Nations Human Rights Council,...

Report: Global executions up 15 percent in 2013

AP: According to Amnesty International the number of officially acknowledged executions in Iran in 2013 was at least 369, but the rights group said "credible sources"...

Israel: 8 Jews killed leaving Iran in the 1990s

AP: Israel's Mossad intelligence agency says eight Iranian Jews who disappeared while trying to leave the Islamic Republic in the 1990s were captured and...

Six powers must heed warnings of new UN reports on Iran rights violations

UN Watch: As the EU's Catherine Ashton concluded what she called "substantive and useful" nuclear talks with Iran in Vienna, world powers need to pay...

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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...

Iran Intensifies Pressure on Families of PMOI Prisoners Amid Expanding Crackdown

Iranian authorities have intensified pressure on the families of political prisoners and executed dissidents in recent weeks, with multiple...

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Iran’s Housing Market Under the Rubble of War

The 40-day war involving Iran’s regime, the United States,...

Iran: A Dangerous Country for Journalists

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New York Times: Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,...

Iran’s Ahmadinejad heads to Zimbabwe, Uganda

AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left Thursday for a two-day...