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Iranian authorities are accused of secret burials

New York Times: As Iranians celebrated the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, they were confronted Saturday with new charges of reform movement...

Iranian boy who defied Tehran hardliners tells of prison rape ordeal

The Times: The 15-year-old boy sits weeping in a safehouse in central Iran, broken in body and spirit. Reza will not go outside —...

Iran’s Mousavi says government agents raped detainees

Reuters: Opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi accused "establishment agents" of raping and abusing detainees imprisoned after Iran's June presidential vote and urged the powerful clerics...

Iran detainees tortured, beaten to death: Karroubi

AFP: Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi has charged that several protesters detained in the June election unrest died in prisons after being "beaten and...

Iranian regime accused of torturing political detainees

The Times: Opposition leaders accuse the Iranian regime of Abu Ghraib-style torture of political detainees. Times OnlineMartin Fletcher  Opposition leaders accuse the Iranian regime...

UN expert receives claims of prison abuse in Iran

AP: A U.N. anti-torture investigator said Thursday he has received credible claims that Iranian protesters detained after the June 12 presidential elections were abused...

Amnesty says large spike in executions in Iran

AFP: Human rights watchdog Amnesty International said on Friday it had recorded an "alarming spike" in the number of executions in Iran since the...

24 executed en masse in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 05 - Iranian authorities last week carried out a mass execution of 24 people west of Tehran, state media...

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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...

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...

Restrictions, Pressure, and Detention of Families of Opponents of Iran’s Regime

According to a report by Sky News on April 26, Iran's regime has intensified its repressive policies against opponents. In...

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Iranian Political Prisoner Naser Bakrzadeh’s at Risk of Execution

Following the confirmation of Naser Bakrzadeh’s death sentence by...

Iran’s Regime Forges Guyana’s Flag in New Oil Tanker Scandal

Following international revelations about the Iranian regime’s covert oil...

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