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Canada concern at Iran death penalty for web designer

BBC: Canada is "deeply concerned" over a reported death sentence given to an Iranian-born Canadian for allegedly designing an adult website, an official has...

Iran authorities chop off man’s hand

Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 02 - Iranian authorities amputated the hand of a man in a prison in the western province of Kermanshah. ...

UN expresses ‘deep concern’ about Iran rights

AP: The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee expressed "deep concern" Thursday about Iran's use of flogging, stoning and amputations as punishment in an...

US ‘gravely concerned’ at Iran’s crackdown on rights lawyers

AFP: The United States said Tuesday it was "gravely concerned" about Iran's alleged crackdown on human rights lawyers and called for the release of...

Iran spy charges for Germans over Ashtiani stoning case

BBC: Iran has charged two Germans with spying after they interviewed the son of a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, reports...

Young rappers arrested in Iran

CNN: Police in Tehran have arrested several members of underground Iranian rap groups, the semi-offical ILNA news agency reported. By Reza...

Iranian lawyer committed to winning U.S. hikers’ freedom

Los Angeles Times: Masoud Shafii's clients, Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal, are charged with spying. 'Nobody can prove my clients were spies,' says Shafii,...

Thief hand cut off ‘before inmates’

Press Association: Authorities in Iran have amputated the hand of a convicted thief in front of other prisoners, state radio is reporting. ...

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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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Iran’s Regime Executes Baluch Political Prisoner Amer Ramesh

The Iranian regime, continuing its daily extrajudicial executions, executed...

Iran’s Nurses Reject the Regime’s ‘Pro Internet’ Plan

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