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Record for UN vote on Iran, N. Korea, Myanmar

AFP: Record numbers of countries voted in favor of UN General Assembly resolutions condemning human rights abuses in Iran, North Korea and Myanmar. ...

Iran seen as evasive, legalistic at UN rights panel

Reuters: Iran avoided the most difficult questions at a long-awaited appearance before the U.N. Human Rights Committee, members said on Thursday, with Iranian officials...

Iran sentences reformist journalist to six year in prison

AFP: Iran has sentenced a reformist journalist, Abdolreza Tajik, to six year in prison after he was convicted of propaganda against the regime, the...

UN rights experts criticise Iran over ‘vague’ replies

AFP: UN Human Rights Committee experts on Tuesday criticised Iran's failure to provide sufficient details on the use of the death penalty as well...

Iran secretly executing hundreds of prisoners: UN

AFP: Iran's authoritarian regime has secretly executed hundreds of prisoners, according to a new UN report detailing growing rights abuses in the Islamic republic....

Iran faces UN rights review on Monday

AFP: The UN's human rights committee will on Monday begin questioning Iran over its attempts to reduce executions and other extreme judicial sentences, while...

Iran pastor guilty of being a ‘Zionist, traitor’: official

AFP: Iranian pastor Yusef Nadarkhani should face the death penalty for being a traitorous "Zionist" and committing "security crimes," not for apostasy, an official...

Germany summons Iran envoy to demand pastor’s release

AFP: Germany summoned the Iranian charge d'affaires to demand a stay of execution for a pastor who has refused to give up Christianity and...

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Iran’s ‘No to Execution Tuesdays’ campaign marks 122nd week

On Tuesday, May 26, 2026, the prisoners’ hunger strike in protest against unjust executions across Iran entered its 122nd...

Iran’s Regime Executes Abbas Akbari Feyzabadi, One of the Protesters of the January Uprising

Mizan News Agency, affiliated with the judiciary of the Iranian regime, reported early Monday, May 25, on the execution...

Rising Dairy Prices Send New Shock to Lives of People in Iran

The state-run Hamshahri newspaper published a report on May 23 regarding a new wave of price increases in dairy...

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Italian Parliament Conference Condemns Executions in Iran, Voices Support for NCRI

Italian lawmakers and human rights advocates gathered at the...

Gasoline Price Hikes in Iran Trigger a New Battle Over People’s Livelihoods

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