Iran Human Rights

Iran Human Rights

Iran: Editor arrested after report claiming voter fraud

AP: A journalist for an Iranian news website says its editor has been arrested after reporting that there is an audiotape of President...
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Iran Human Rights

Iran, Syria ranked among world’s worst countries for press freedom

Al-Arabiya: North Korea, Iran and Syria have been named among the top 10 worst countries for press freedom, according to an annual ranking...
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Iran Human Rights

Iran continues crackdown on Sufis

Huffington Post: Iran continues to arrest Sufi mystics. The victims of state suppression represent the Gonabadi-Nimatullahi order, the main body of traditional ...
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Iran moves American Christian into solitary confinement over prayer protest

Fox News: The American pastor jailed in Iran for his faith has been placed in solitary confinement and may now be suffering organ...
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Iran Human Rights

Family of jailed Marine in Iran seeks Kerry’s help

AP: The family of an ex-Marine detained in Iran wants Secretary of State John Kerry to step in and demand his release. ...
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Iran Human Rights

Annual human rights report criticizes civil rights crackdown from Iran to Russia to Venezuela

AP: The Obama administration warned Friday that nations such as Iran, Russia and Venezuela are turning up pressure on human rights and other...
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Iran Human Rights

US working to free Americans held in Cuba, Iran

AFP: Washington is seeking to free two US citizens held in Cuba and Iran, but has rejected a deal with Havana to swap...
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Iran Human Rights

Iran’s cartoonists find new lines of expression

CNN: In 2003, former newspaper editor Ali Reza Eshraghi made a mistake that cost him his freedom: he published a cartoon. The sketch in...
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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...
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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...
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Iran: A Dangerous Country for Journalists

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