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Clinton: Iran crackdown has killed protesters, abused human rights

CNN: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday accused Iran of a repressive crackdown on protesters and political opponents in the past 10...

U.S. sanctions Iran officials on human rights abuses

Reuters: The Treasury and State departments on Wednesday imposed sanctions against two Iranian government officials for human rights abuses in Iran since the June...

Iran rights abuse raises threat of new EU sanctions

AFP: Several European countries are gunning for new sanctions against Iran due to recent human rights violations, including the execution of an Iranian-Dutch national,...

Iran envoy summoned over hanged Dutch woman’s burial

AFP: The Netherlands said on Monday it had summoned Iran's ambassador in The Hague in protest against the hushed burial of a Dutch citizen,...

Iran jails lawyer who has defended activists

AP: An opposition website says a prominent Iranian lawyer who has defended opposition activists has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. ...

Iran executions three times last year’s rate -U.N.

Reuters: Iran has witnessed a dramatic increase in executions so far in 2011, United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay said on Wednesday and...

EU parliament chief denounces Iran’s hanging of Dutch woman

AFP: President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek on Sunday denounced Iran's hanging of a Iranian-Dutch woman arrested after anti-government protests in 2009 then...

Iran hangs Iranian-Dutch woman

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 29 - Iranian authorities on Saturday hanged an Iranian-Dutch woman despite calls by the Netherlands for a stay on the...

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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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The German Government Will Not Receive the Son of Iran’s Last Shah

Following reports of Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s...

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

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