Iran Human Rights

Iran Human Rights

Iranian executions spiking despite thaw with West, ‘moderate president’

Washington Times: The number of executions carried out by Iranian authorities — often hanging dubiously convicted citizens from construction cranes in public — has risen...
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Iran Human Rights

Islamist state of Iran: leader in human rights violation

Front Page: The Iranian military published a flimsy and unsubstantiated 28-page report this week criticizing human rights in the United States. Intriguingly, the report was...
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Iran Human Rights

Iran: Surge in executions worries rights experts

New York Times: United Nations human rights experts called on Wednesday for an urgent halt to a surge in executions in Iran in recent weeks. Iran...
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Iran Human Rights

Wife of American pastor detained in Iran wants Obama’s attention

TheBlaze: Naghmeh Abedini, wife of imprisoned Pastor Saeed Abedini, an American citizen who has been trapped in the brutal Iranian prison system for more than...
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Iran hangs 40 people in two weeks amid surge in executions

Amnesty International: Iranian authorities have executed 40 people, most of them for drugs offences, since the beginning of January. At least 33 executions were carried...
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Iran Human Rights

US Senate presses Iran on Bahais

AFP: The US Senate has urged Iran to free jailed members of the Bahai faith, raising human rights concerns as President Barack Obama pursues diplomacy...
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Iran Human Rights

Iran slams Euro MEPs for meeting dissidents

AFP: Iran has criticised European parliamentarians for meeting leading dissidents during a visit this month to the Islamic republic, media reports said on Sunday. ...
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Iran Human Rights

UN criticizes Iran on human rights violations

AP: The U.N. General Assembly has approved a resolution criticizing Iran for serious rights violations including torture and its "alarming" and frequent use of...
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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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