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Call to recognize 1988 Iranian massacre as crime against humanity

Digital Journal: The National Council of Resistance to Iran (NCRI), the leading opposition to the Iranian Government created a petition asking the ...

Iranian-Americans and Members of Congress mark 1988 massacre with exhibition

PRNewswire: Twenty-five years have passed since the summer 1988 massacre of some 30,000 political prisoners in Iran. To mark the occasion Organization of Iranian...

Iran arrests man on charges of spying for Israel

AP: Iranian authorities have arrested a man on charges of spying for Israel. The semiofficial Mehr news agency says the unidentified man had allegedly...

Top Iran leader issues edict on Baha’i faith

AP: Iran's supreme leader is urging Iranians to avoid all dealings with members of the banned Baha'i sect in a possible prelude to...

Iran MP urges release of political prisoners

AFP: Conservative lawmaker Ali Motahari on Sunday called for the release of political prisoners in Iran and questioned the ongoing house arrests...

Report: Member of Iran minority sets self on fire

AP: An Iranian semi-official news agency is reporting that a member of a small religious minority set himself on fire next to the country's...

Eight Christians in Iran sent to prison for threatening ‘national security’

Morning Star News: Eight Iranian Christians received heavy jail sentences on Tuesday (July 16) after being found guilty of “action against the...

Report: Iran releases diplomat jailed 4 months

AP: An Iranian news agency is reporting that authorities have released a veteran Iranian diplomat after nearly four months in prison. ...

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Four Decades of Bitter Narratives: May Day as a Day of Wrath, Not Celebration, for Iran’s Workers

Does International Workers’ Day represent a celebration of dignity and status for Iran’s labor force? Do they gather in...

Iran Intensifies Pressure on Families of PMOI Prisoners Amid Expanding Crackdown

Iranian authorities have intensified pressure on the families of political prisoners and executed dissidents in recent weeks, with multiple...

Iran: A Dangerous Country for Journalists

According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the state of press freedom worldwide has fallen to its lowest level in...

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Transfer of a death-row political prisoner to solitary confinement in Urmia, Iran

Punitive transfer of death-row political prisoner Mehrab Abdollahzadeh to...

Iran: A Dangerous Country for Journalists

According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the state of...

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