Iran Human Rights

Iran Human Rights

U.N. rights chief to visit Iran next year

Reuters: The top U.N. human rights official, who has expressed concern about a crackdown on dissent in Iran after last year's disputed ...
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Iran Human Rights

Iran sentences critic filmmaker to prison

AP: An Iranian newspaper says a court has sentenced a prominent critic filmmaker to three-and-a-half years in prison for his role in the...
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Iran Human Rights

Panahi arrested for making anti-regime film: minister

AFP: Iran's culture minister said on Wednesday that the award-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi was arrested because he was making an anti-regime film,...
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Iran is still holding 35 journalists after crackdown, human rights group says

The Times: At least 35 journalists remain imprisoned in Iran, with some facing the death penalty, after the Government’s media crackdown since the...
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Iran Human Rights

NY rights group says 35 journalists jailed in Iran

AP: The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists says at least 35 journalists are in prison in Iran after a nearly yearlong crackdown...
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Iran steps up executions amid political turmoil, Amnesty says

Bloomberg: Iran executed more people last year than any other country except China, according to a report by Amnesty International. By Ali...
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Iran Human Rights

Iran plans to execute 6 arrested in protests

New York Times: Six people arrested in December protests will be put to death, Iranian authorities announced Monday, in what appeared to be...
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Iran Human Rights

U.S. criticizes Iran for religious persecution

Reuters: The United States voiced growing concern on Friday about Iran's "ongoing persecution" of religious minorities, including Baha'is, and called on Tehran...
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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...
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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...
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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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