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Iran, Syria bid for UN rights council under attack

AFP: The United States and Israel on Thursday slammed a bid by Iran and Syria to get seats on the UN Human Rights Council....

Hopes rise for appeal of ex-marine held in Iran

New York Times: Prison life has markedly improved in recent weeks for Amir Hekmati, the former Marine incarcerated for nearly two years in...

Syria, Iran to run for U.N. Human Rights Council: envoys

Reuters: Syria and Iran are planning to run for a spot on the U.N. Human Rights Council later this year, U.N. diplomats told...

Iran: 75 hangings in 22 days

Iran Focus: With the execution of 11 inmates in the northwestern city of Arbabil and western city of Qazin from July 6 thru...

‘I had to tell my family’s story of the Iranian executions’

The Guardian: Sahar Delijani's parents were jailed and her uncle was killed by Iran's Islamic Republic in the 1980s. She tells how the...

Iran: New briefing reveals crackdown on dissent ahead of election

Amnesty International: Iran’s authorities have intensified the clampdown on dissidents ahead of the country’s presidential election on 14 June, Amnesty International said...

Iranian diplomat detained for three months without lawyer: sources

Reuters: A senior Iranian diplomat linked to Iran's reformists, who has been detained at Tehran's notorious Evin Prison for three months, has...

Security official: MEK-affiliated activists arrested

Fars New Agency: A security official reported the arrest of a number of individuals affiliated with the MEK whose mission was to disrupt...

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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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Iran’s Car Market Experiences Sharp Surge in Prices Afte War-Induced Stagnation

Media outlets in Iran report that the prices of...

Iran’s Regime Nearing Oil Export Deadlock

Bloomberg, citing the analytics firm Kpler, reported that the...

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