Iran Human Rights

Iran Human Rights

UN’s Iran rights watchdog slams case of death-row woman

AFP: UN human rights monitor urged Tehran to halt the planned execution of an Iranian woman for the alleged murder of a former intelligence official,...
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Iran Human Rights

Iran secretly convicted former marine, lawyer says

New York Times: Amir Hekmati, a former Marine incarcerated in August 2011 and sentenced to death on espionage charges that were overturned, was secretly retried...
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Iran Human Rights

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...
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Iran Human Rights

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...
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Iran Human Rights

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...
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Iran Human Rights

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...
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Iran Human Rights

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,...
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Iran Human Rights

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"...
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Italian Parliament Conference Condemns Executions in Iran, Voices Support for NCRI

Italian lawmakers and human rights advocates gathered at the Italian Parliament on May 21 for a conference with Maryam...
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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...
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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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