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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...

US invites EU to sanction Iran over rights abuses

AFP: The US government suggested on Tuesday that Europe match Washington sanctions for Iranian human rights violators, including asset freezes on key figures, against...

Britain, Amnesty condemn political executions in Iran

Iran Focus: London, Jan. 24 - Britain and prominent human rights group Amnesty International on Monday condemned the execution of two prominent Iranian political...

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Punitive Restrictions Imposed on Female Prisoners in Iran’s Evin Prison

Golrokh Iraee, Zahra Safaei, Marzieh Farsi, Shiva Esmaili, and Sakineh Parvaneh, five female political prisoners in Tehran’s Evin Prison,...

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...

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Inflation, Economic Crisis, and the Silent Collapse of Iran’s Middle Class

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