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Death row Prisoner of Conscience challenges Iran’s rulers

Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 05 - The following is the text of a statement released by Ali Saremi, 62, a political prisoner currently on...

Iran to hang man in public for killing officer

Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 03 - A prisoner by the name of Hamid Moghaddas has been transferred from Ward One of Gohardasht Prison in...

Prisoner hanged in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 03 - Reza Mohajer, a prisoner in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj (west of Tehran), was hanged at dawn on Monday,...

Brazil’s plea for asylum for Iranian facing stoning seems to fail

New York Times: Iran’s conservative establishment appears to have reacted coldly to an entreaty by Brazil’s president to allow an Iranian woman convicted of...

Iran guards attack political prisoners on hunger strike in Evin

Iran Focus: London, Aug. 01 - Anti-riot units and Special Forces barged into Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison after learning that prisoners in Ward 350...

China, Iran are world’s top executioners

Voice of Russia: China and Iran are holding the world lead in the number of executions. A report published by the Italian group Hands...

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. ...

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Canadian Federal Court Rejects Salman Samani’s Request to Halt Deportation

The Federal Court of Canada has rejected Salman Samani's request to halt his deportation from Canada. Samani served as...

Middle Eastern Countries Seek Ways to Move Oil Through the Strait of Hormuz

An Iraqi government source told the Iraqi news outlet Shafagh News that Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) is...

Iran’s Regime Plans Fuel Rationing, Higher Gasoline Prices Within Next 15 Days

Esmail Saghab-Esfahani, a vice president of Iran's regime, said on Saturday, August 15, that Iran's daily gasoline consumption is...

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Middle Eastern Countries Seek Ways to Move Oil Through the Strait of Hormuz

An Iraqi government source told the Iraqi news outlet...

Iranian Medical Student Sentenced to Death for Helping Injured Protesters

The Iranian regime's judiciary has sentenced Sepehr Amirzadeh, a...

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