Iran Human Rights

Iran Human Rights

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, ...
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Iran Human Rights

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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Iran Human Rights

German lawmakers hope to push Iran on human rights

AP: Three German lawmakers are planning to travel to Iran later this week to discuss with officials the "striking human rights abuses" in...
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Iran Human Rights

EU’s Ashton ‘appalled’ by Iran executions

AFP: European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Tuesday she was "appalled" by the execution of 10 Iranians convicted of ...
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Iran Human Rights

Baha’is most persecuted religion in Iran: U.N. investigator

Reuters: Members of the Baha'i community in Iran are the most persecuted religious minority in the Islamic Republic, where suppression of alternative...
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Iran Human Rights

Iran hangs 10 drug traffickers despite Amnesty appeal

AFP: Iran executed 10 drug traffickers in a prison in Tehran on Monday, despite repeated calls from Amnesty International to halt such ...
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Iran Human Rights

Rights activists beaten, raped in Iran: U.N.

Reuters: Human rights activists in Iran are subjected to beatings with batons, mock hangings, rape, sleep deprivation, and threats that family members...
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Iran Human Rights

US concerned over imminent execution of Iran opposition activist

Iran Focus: A US State Department Official, speaking on background, said, "We have seen the reports that Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani, jailed since 2007,...
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Iran’s Regime Executes Abbas Akbari Feyzabadi, One of the Protesters of the January Uprising

Mizan News Agency, affiliated with the judiciary of the Iranian regime, reported early Monday, May 25, on the execution...
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Rising Dairy Prices Send New Shock to Lives of People in Iran

The state-run Hamshahri newspaper published a report on May 23 regarding a new wave of price increases in dairy...
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Italian Parliament Conference Condemns Executions in Iran, Voices Support for NCRI

Italian lawmakers and human rights advocates gathered at the Italian Parliament on May 21 for a conference with Maryam...

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Urban Poverty in Iran: The Collapse of the Economy of Life in Major Cities

Urban poverty in Iran has now reached a stage...
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Inflation, Economic Crisis, and the Silent Collapse of Iran’s Middle Class

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