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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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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’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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