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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,...

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...

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Inflation in Iran and the Limits of What an Agreement with the United States Can Achieve

A sick political system inevitably produces a sick economy. In an absolute dictatorship where political and social freedoms are...

Day 2 of Free Iran 2026: International Figures Rally Behind NCRI Alternative

PARIS — The second day of the Free Iran 2026 World Summit brought together a broad range of former...

Free Iran 2026 Summit in Paris Draws International Support for Democratic Change in Iran

PARIS, June 20, 2026 — Political leaders, former government officials, parliamentarians, and human rights advocates from Europe and North...

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Child Laborers: The Silent Victims of Poverty and Inflation in Iran

On June 15, the state-run Shargh newspaper published a...

Volker Türk: At Least 40 People Executed on Security-Related Charges in Iran

Recent remarks by Volker Türk, the United Nations High...

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Record-Breaking Executions in Iran in the Past 20 Years

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