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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. ...

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...

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Iran’s Economic Growth Decline Accelerates

The Statistical Center of Iran, a government agency of Iran's regime, announced in its latest report that the country's...

New Wave of Protests Across Various Iranian Cities

On June 21 and 22, a new wave of protest gatherings emerged across various cities in Iran. Students, university...

126th Week of ‘No to Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign in 57 Prisons

In the 126th week of the protest campaign "No to Executions Tuesdays," political prisoners in 57 prisons across Iran...

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Iran’s Water Crisis: Women on the Front Lines of a Silent Disaster

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