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"...

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...

U.S. sees no significant improvement in Iran’s overall human rights situation

U.S. Mission in Geneva: While Iran has begun to shift its rhetoric on human rights, the United States remains deeply concerned that Iran continues to...

Iran jails dozens of evangelical Christians

Religious Freedom Coalition: Iran has jailed dozens of evangelical Christians, many of whom are converts from Muslim backgrounds, according to a new United Nations report...

Iran dangles treatment before imprisoned U.S. Christian

WND: Iranian officials dangled needed medical treatment in front of an American pastor imprisoned for his faith then put him in shackles and denied treatment. “He’s...

Rouhani has not stopped Iran suppressing human rights: U.N. envoy

Reuters: President Hassan Rouhani has made only "baby steps" to improve human rights in Iran where forces loyal to the supreme leader are "working...

UN chief criticises Iran for executions, rights breaches

AFP: UN chief Ban Ki-moon strongly criticised Iran Wednesday for doing too little to improve its human rights record, noting more executions, the detention of...

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Renewable Water Per Capita in Iran Falls To 1,200 Cubic Meters Per Year

Reports from Iranian regime government institutions show that the "renewable water per capita" indicator for each Iranian citizen has...

The Iranian Plateau Is Turning into a Desert

Every year on June 17, the World Day to Combat Desertification serves as an opportunity to focus on one...

Iran’s Economic Growth Decline Accelerates

The Statistical Center of Iran, a government agency of Iran's regime, announced in its latest report that the country's...

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U.S. sets bounty for Iran-based al Qaeda financier

Reuters: The United States on Thursday announced it was...