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Iran threatens to totally cut Web access

UPI: Iran may completely cut millions of Internet users in the country off from the Web, and from social networks and e-mail services,...

Olympics Web site blocked in Iran

UPI: Web users in Iran say they can't connect to the official London 2012 Olympics site and are redirected to a site with...

US Senate urges Iran to free Bahai leaders

AFP: The US Senate is urging Iran to free jailed leaders of the Bahai faith and recommending sanctions against officials in the Islamic...

‘Alarming’ surge in executions, says Amnesty

BBC: Amnesty International says there was a surge in the number of executions carried out worldwide in 2011, mainly centred in the Middle...

Iran’s censors tighten grip

Wall Street Journal: Iran hasn't been shy about its bids to monitor, filter and block content on the Internet. Now it has taken...

EU calls on Iran to release rights lawyer

AFP: The European Union on Tuesday called on Iran to release a prominent human rights lawyer recently sentenced to 18 years in prison,...

UN urges Iran to reconsider death penalty

AFP: The United Nations called on Iran to ban the death penalty in cases that do not meet standards of "serious crime" as...

Iran: U.N. report blasts human rights offenses

New York Times: A United Nations investigator of Iran’s human rights record castigated its government for what he called evidence of “a striking...

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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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Iran’s Regime Ramps Up Execution of Baluch Political Prisoners to Control Society

Documented reports from recent years show that the execution...

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

Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human...

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