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Rights group calls on Iran to stay execution of child offender

Iran Focus: London, Oct. 18 – The global human rights group Amnesty International launched an urgent appeal on Thursday to save the life a...

Iran hangs eight men, one woman in Tehran prison

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 18 – Iranian authorities hanged eight men and a woman in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, state media reported on...

Iran hangs three men in public

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 17 – Three men were hanged in public on Wednesday in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, state media...

3 Iranian student leaders sentenced

AP: Three Iranian student leaders have been sentenced to jail terms of up to three years on vague charges of insulting Islam and its...

Watchdog: Iran worst violator of press freedoms in region

Iran Focus: London, Oct. 17 – The international press freedoms watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in its annual report ranked Iran as the worst...

In Brief: Iran hangs two in Kurdish region

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 13 – Two men were hanged in the province of Kurdistan, north-west Iran, earlier this week on the World...

Christian couple flogged for attending “secret sermon” in Iran

Iran Focus: London, Oct. 14 - A Christian couple were flogged in Iran for participating in an “underground Church”, an Iranian Christian group said...

British lawmakers urge EU to act against rights abuses in Iran

Iran Focus: London, Oct. 10 – Some 150 British Parliamentarians have signed a statement calling on the government of Gordon Brown to bring Iran...

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Intense Rainfall and Floods Damage Dozens of Cities Across Iran

Heavy rainfall has again led to flooding in dozens of cities across Iran, damaging residential homes and agricultural lands....

Iran is the Second Largest Prison for Writers in the World

The 2023 Freedom to Write Index, released by PEN America, shows that Iran continues to be the world’s second-largest...

Iranian Proxies Still Planning Attacks on US Forces

On Thursday, May 2, Avril Haines, the director of the U.S. National Intelligence Agency, told a Senate Armed Services...

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Growing Calls for the Terrorist Designation of the IRGC

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