Iran Human Rights

Iran Human Rights

Christians face arrest, persecution in Iran, U.N. experts say

Reuters: More than 300 Christians have been arrested since mid-2010 in Iran where churches operate in a climate of fear and Muslims who...
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Iran Human Rights

Iran’s children look on and families cry for pardons at daily hangings

Observer: Hanging is the common method for execution in Iran. The judicial killings usually take place in the morning as the sun rises,...
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Iran Human Rights

Christian pastor – once sentenced to death in Iran – is released, group says

CNN: A Christian pastor sentenced to death in Iran for apostasy was reunited with his family Saturday after a trial court acquitted him,...
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UN chief hits host Iran over human rights

AP: The U.N. chief jolted his Iranian hosts for a nonaligned nations meeting Wednesday by pointing out "serious concerns" in Tehran's human ...
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Iran Human Rights

Iran must immediately release prisoner of conscience Arzhang Davoodi

Amnesty International: Writer Arzhang Davoodi, who is facing fresh charges after being imprisoned in Iran for nearly nine years, must be released immediately...
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Iran Human Rights

Rights groups call for end to anti-drugs aid for Iran

AFP: Two leading rights groups on Tuesday called for an end to international cash and technical assistance to Iran's anti-drug campaign, which...
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Iran Human Rights

Family of ex-Marine held in Iran has little news

AP: The family of an ex-U.S. Marine sentenced to death for spying in Iran said Friday that members have received little information about...
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Iran Human Rights

Iran annuls death sentence on former U.S. marine, ISNA reports

Bloomberg: Iran’s Supreme Court annulled the death sentence passed on a former U.S. Marine of Iranian descent, the Iranian Students News Agency said....
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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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Media outlets in Iran report that the prices of many domestically produced cars have increased by 3 billion to...
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UN Officials Call for a Halt to Executions and Repression in Iran

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