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Iranian journalist gets prison term, desert exile

AP: An Iranian journalist lost an appeal Sunday against his conviction on charges of spreading propaganda against the ruling Islamic establishment and was sentenced...

U.N. rights chief urges Iran to curb police excesses

Reuters: United Nations Human Rights chief Navi Pillay on Wednesday called on the Tehran government to curb excess use of force by its security...

Iran police still holding 300 over Sunday protests

AFP: Iranian police said on Wednesday that they are still holding 300 of the 500 "rioters" they arrested at the weekend when opposition supporters...

Iran acknowledges prisoners were beaten to death

AP: After months of denials, Iran acknowledged Saturday that at least three people detained in the country's postelection turmoil were beaten to death by...

Voices of Iranian rights activists are being heard: US

AFP: The United States said Friday that the voices of Iranian human rights activists are being heard, as it welcomed the adoption of a...

Amnesty condemns Iranian ‘rights abuses’

BBC: Human rights in Iran are as poor as at any time over the past 20 years, according to a report from campaign group...

Iran steps up its crackdown on student protesters

Washington Post: Iran intensified its crackdown on demonstrators Tuesday as thousands of pro-government militiamen stormed the grounds of the country's most prominent university and...

Mothers arrested before opposition rally in Iran

New York Times: Ahead of a planned opposition rally on Monday, Iran tightened security and arrested more than 20 mothers who were mourning children...

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Power Struggle, An Endless Crisis at the Top of Iran’s Regime

As Iran’s economic crisis deepens and social discontent increases, new signs have emerged of an intensifying power struggle within...

Iranian Media Report Approval of Resolution to Restore International Internet Access

Iranian media reported that a resolution to restore international internet access has been officially communicated for implementation. Iranian domestic media...

Punitive Restrictions Imposed on Female Prisoners in Iran’s Evin Prison

Golrokh Iraee, Zahra Safaei, Marzieh Farsi, Shiva Esmaili, and Sakineh Parvaneh, five female political prisoners in Tehran’s Evin Prison,...

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Telecommunications Employees in Tehran Protest Four Years of Unpaid Claims

Four years of non-payment of overdue telecommunications wages have...

40 million Iranians Below Poverty Line

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