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Political prisoner sentenced to death in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jul. 30 - Iran's Court of Appeal has upheld a death sentence for political prisoner Jaafar Kazemi, his lawyer said. ...

Iran stoning mum’s legal rep missing

Daily Mirror: A lawyer who defended an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning has gone missing, Amnesty International said last night. ...

Attorney in Iran stoning case remains missing

CNN: An attorney representing an imprisoned Iranian woman facing possible execution by stoning remained missing Tuesday, although his wife and brother-in-law were in custody,...

Iran stoning case lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei’s relatives arrested

The Guardian: The lawyer defending Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani himself faces re-arrest as his wife and brother-in-law are held by Iran authorities ...

Judiciary official: Iran is ‘flag bearer’ of human rights worldwide

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jul. 24 - Mohammad Javad Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights and a top Judiciary official, said on...

Iran authorities chop off hands of 5 men

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jul. 22 - Authorities on Thursday amputated the hands of five men accused of stealing in the city of Hamedan, western...

Four men hanged in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jul. 19 - Three men were hanged Sunday in a prison in the city of Kerman, south-eastern Iran, according to an...

Iran denying medical treatment to prisoners: rights groups

AFP: More than a year after a crackdown over a disputed presidential election Iran is still holding more than 100 political prisoners and denying...

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US Preparing for a Long-Term Blockade of Iran’s Ports

The Wall Street Journal, citing US officials, reported that US President Donald Trump has ordered preparations for a long-term...

War Economy and Stagflation in Iran

Unemployment and inflation in a war for which the Iranian regime is the primary cause are no longer merely...

Transfer of a death-row political prisoner to solitary confinement in Urmia, Iran

Punitive transfer of death-row political prisoner Mehrab Abdollahzadeh to solitary confinement in Urmia Prison Mehrab Abdollahzadeh, a political prisoner sentenced...

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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...

Transfer of a death-row political prisoner to solitary confinement in Urmia, Iran

Punitive transfer of death-row political prisoner Mehrab Abdollahzadeh to...

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