Iran Human Rights

U.N. rights experts decry “mounting repression” in Iran

Reuters: Iran is cracking down on activists and their lawyers, meting out harsh sentences in an effort to quash pro-democracy activities, United Nations human...

‘This is Not a Film’ really a sly commentary on Iran

Boston Globe: The title of “This Is Not a Film” is itself a bitter joke on the illogic of totalitarian thinking. The acclaimed...

Attorney for Christian pastor on death row in Iran reportedly sentenced to 9 years in jail

Fox News: Prominent human rights advocate and attorney Mohammad Ali Dadkhah has reportedly been sentenced to nine years in jail for allegedly "acting...

Iran thanks Saudis for sparing death row citizens

AFP: Iran -- a country slammed by international rights groups for its state executions -- on Wednesday welcomed Saudi Arabia suspending death ...

Ottawa asks Iran to release Canadian on death row

AFP: Canada's foreign minister on Monday called on Iran to halt the imminent execution of Canadian-Iranian Hamid Ghassemi-Shall and to release the...

Iranian-Canadian ‘spy’ faces imminent execution, says family

The Guardian: An Iranian-Canadian man convicted of espionage and having links with an opposition group is facing imminent execution in Iran. ...

Tearing down Iran’s electronic curtain

Wall Street Journal: Three hundred and sixty seconds. That's all it would take for Iranian security services to identify and track an encrypted...

12 Christians in Iran await verdicts after Easter Sunday apostasy trial

Fox News: Twelve Christians stood trial Easter Sunday in Iran, where they were called “apostates” in a courtroom and tried on multiple charges,...

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Iran’s Car Market Experiences Sharp Surge in Prices Afte War-Induced Stagnation

Media outlets in Iran report that the prices of many domestically produced cars have increased by 3 billion to...

UN Officials Call for a Halt to Executions and Repression in Iran

Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in a statement published on April 29, strongly condemned...

Iran’s National Currency Has Declined by 120% Over the Past Year

Reports from Iran indicate a sharp surge in the price of the U.S. dollar in the open market in...

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US Sanctions Chinese Refinery, Tehran-linked Shipping Companies

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced a new...

Iran’s Regime Nearing Oil Export Deadlock

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

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