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Iran jails Getty photographer for three years: website

AFP: Iran has sentenced a freelance photographer for Getty Images photo agency to three years in prison for taking pictures of 2009 election protests,...

Iran hangs Jundollah leader Abdolmalek Rigi

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 20 - The leader of the Sunni dissident group Jundollah, Abdolmalek Rigi, was hanged at dawn on Sunday in Tehran's...

Iran must bring Neda’s killer to justice: Amnesty

AFP: The killer of Neda Agha-Soltan, whose shooting death during a street protest against last summer's Iranian election was flashed around the world on...

Iran rejects West’s criticism over human rights

AP: Iran's foreign ministry has rejected Western nations' criticism of its human rights record, calling it unrealistic and politically motivated. The...

Iran to create internet police, security chief says

CNN: Iran is creating a new "internet police" force, the head of the country's security forces said Wednesday, according to the semi-official Fars news...

U.S. claims victory after Iran rebuked at U.N. rights body

Reuters: Iran was rebuked at the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday for its violent crackdown on unrest after the 2009 presidential election, in...

30 arrested at Tehran cemetery

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 15 – At least 30 people were arrested in clashes between security forces and opposition supporters on Tuesday afternoon in...

Iran tries to quash rebuke at U.N. rights body

Reuters: Iran, backed by Muslim and other allies, tried Tuesday to quash a Western-led move at the U.N. Human Rights Council to rebuke Tehran's...

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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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Iran’s ‘No To Execution Tuesdays’ Campaign Marks 118th Week

On Tuesday, April 28, the “No to Execution Tuesdays”...

Iran’s Regime Executes Baluch Political Prisoner Amer Ramesh

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

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