Iran Human Rights

Iran Human Rights

Freedom house condemns Iran’s hanging of renowned poet

Radio Free Europe: Freedom House has condemned the execution in Iran of acclaimed poet and activist Hashem Shaabani. The watchdog said Shaabani, 32, was put to...
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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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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: 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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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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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 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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