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Iran’s Guard warns against post-election turmoil

AP: Several Iranian newspapers are citing a senior Revolutionary Guard commander as warning his forces will be on watch for possible unrest...

Report: Iran hangs 2 men convicted of spying

AP: Iran's state radio says authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad and the American CIA spy agency. ...

US slams ‘repression’ in run-up to Iran polls

AFP: US officials Wednesday slammed a campaign of "unrelenting repression" ahead of Iran's presidential elections, and said the outcome would be very...

Iran must free the Bahá’í leaders who have been jailed for five years too many

The Guardian: Today is the fifth anniversary of the unjust imprisonment of seven Bahá'í leaders in Iran. They were jailed for 20 years...

Iran cracks down ahead of election

Wall Street Journal: The Iranian government has launched a pre-emptive crackdown ahead of presidential elections next month, Iranians say, including disrupting the...

Report finds Iran among worst violators of religious freedom

Fox News: Religious freedom is in short supply in the Middle East, according to the bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom,...

Five years on, Bahais appeal for release in Iran

AFP: Five years after seven Bahai leaders were arrested in Iran, members of the faith are campaigning to increase attention to their ...

Family shares letters from American held in Iran

AP: An ex-Marine incarcerated in Iran for nearly two years says in the first letters written to family in Michigan that he is...

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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 National Currency Has Declined by 120% Over the Past Year

Reports from Iran indicate a sharp surge in the...

Restrictions, Pressure, and Detention of Families of Opponents of Iran’s Regime

According to a report by Sky News on April...

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