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Iran jails prominent lawyer for 9 years

AP: Iran's hard-line judiciary has sentenced a prominent rights lawyer to nine years in jail and barred him from working as an attorney for...

EU names Iranian Guard commanders in Syria sanctions

Reuters: The European Union published extended sanctions on Syria on Friday, including the names of three commanders of Iran's Revolutionary Guard accused of supporting...

Lawmakers want U.N. rights auditor barred from Iran

Reuters: Iranian lawmakers urged the government on Sunday to prevent a U.N. investigator from coming to the country to look into allegations of human...

UN rights investigator on Iran named

Reuters: A former foreign minister of the Maldives, Ahmed Shaheed, was named United Nations human rights investigator on Iran on Friday, the first in...

“Dozens arrested” at service for Iran activist: report

Reuters: Dozens of people were arrested at a commemoration service Saturday for an Iranian activist who died at her father's funeral earlier in the...

EU deplores Iran’s execution of juvenile offenders

AFP: The EU's foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton on Friday condemned the public execution of juvenile offenders in Iran last week and urged Tehran...

Iran steps up rate of public executions: Amnesty

Reuters: Iran has sharply stepped up its use of public executions, hanging 13 men this year, nearly as many as in all of 2010,...

Norway blasts ‘grotesque’ hike in Iran public executions

AFP: Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere on Thursday blasted a sharp hike in public executions in Iran and the high use of the...

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

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Iran’s Water Crisis: Women on the Front Lines of a Silent Disaster

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Iran says it arrests suspected US spy

AP: Iran's Intelligence Ministry said Saturday that its agents...