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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...

Iran announces execution of dissident for ‘enmity against God’

Fox News: The execution of Gholamreza Khosravi Savajani  for "enmity against God" was announced Sunday on the website of Tehran's Revolutionary Prosecutor's office, according to Ali Safavi,...

Amnesty says Iranian dissident faces imminent execution

Reuters: Amnesty International urged Iran on Saturday not to execute a political dissident convicted of "enmity against God" in what it said had been...

Kerry calls for American held in Iran to be freed

AFP: Secretary of State John Kerry called on Iran on Monday to release a former US Marine "unjustly" held for nearly three years. Amir Hekmati was...

Imprisoned ex-US Marine seeks Iran retrial

AP: An Iranian news agency is reporting that a former U.S. Marine convicted of working for the CIA has appealed for a new trial. ISNA...

Report: Iran billionaire executed over $2.6B fraud

AP: A billionaire businessman at the heart of a $2.6 billion state bank scam, the largest fraud case since the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution,...

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