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EU urges Iran to stay execution of Canada resident

AFP: EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton called Tuesday on Iran to halt the execution of an Iranian man with Canadian residency condemned...

Execution of web programmer in Iran may be imminent

CNN: A computer programmer from Canada faces imminent execution in Iran for the actions of another person, which he had no control over,...

Iran detains alleged BBC Persian journalists – reports

BBC: Reports from Iran say several people have been detained for alleged links to the BBC's Persian Service, which is banned in...

German reporter says he was beaten in Iran

AP: A German reporter says he was beaten by guards during his nearly five months of imprisonment in Iran and that he heard...

Iran: Stop holding reporters’ relatives hostage

Reuters: The Iranian government has been intimidating and detaining relatives and friends of foreign-based Persian-language journalists to obtain information or silence them. ...

US says Iran seeking to snuff out free expression

AFP: The United States Thursday accused Iran of trying to quash all freedom of expression ahead of March elections, as it cracks down...

Pattern of intimidation is seen in arrests of Iranian journalists and bloggers

New York Times: The judicial authorities in Iran have arrested at least half a dozen journalists and bloggers over the past few weeks,...

UN denounces human rights violations in Iran

AP: The U.N. General Assembly has approved a resolution denouncing serious human rights violations in Iran ranging from flogging and amputations to frequent use...

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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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Transfer of a death-row political prisoner to solitary confinement in Urmia, Iran

Punitive transfer of death-row political prisoner Mehrab Abdollahzadeh to...

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

Media outlets in Iran report that the prices of...

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