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US sides with Iran and N. Korea in record UN vote over the death penalty

Daily Telegraph: A record 110 countries on Monday backed a resolution voted every two years at a UN General Assembly committee calling for...

U.N. experts ask Iran to explain blogger’s death in jail

Reuters: U.N. human rights experts called on Iran on Thursday to say how Iranian blogger Sattar Beheshti died in police custody. Beheshti who...

Arrests made over death of detained blogger: Iran

AFP: Iran has arrested several people over the death in detention of blogger Sattar Beheshti, prosecutors said Tuesday after complaints about his...

Iran prosecutor: Blogger died in police custody

AP Iran's state prosecutor confirmed Monday that a jailed blogger died in police custody last week and that wounds were found on his...

Iran to probe alleged death of a jailed blogger

AP: Iran's parliament announced Sunday it would probe reports that a jailed blogger died suspiciously in custody earlier this week, the official...

Calls for inquest into reported Iran blogger death

AP: A prominent press freedom group has joined the U.S. State Department to demand Iran conduct a full investigation into the reported ...

Blogger may have been tortured to death in Iran jail: Amnesty

Reuters: An Iranian man who received death threats due to his anti-government blog died in custody, possibly as a result of torture, ...

Hague tribunal judges killings in wake of Islamic revolution

AFP: A tribunal set up by victims of political crimes committed in the wake of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution began hearings Thursday 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...

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 Regime Nearing Oil Export Deadlock

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

Iran War: Escalating Drug Shortages and Disruption of Healthcare Services

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Iran’s Teachers Union chief resigns

Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 30 - The director general...