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UN rights chief asks Iran to stay execution of juvenile offenders

AFP: The United Nations top human rights official on Tuesday asked Iran not to execute four offenders sentenced to death over crimes committed when...

Man hanged in north-east Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 9 – Iranian authorities hanged a man in North Khorrasan Province, north-eastern Iran, state media reported on Monday. ...

Iran: Bahai arrests confirmed

New York Times: A government spokesman confirmed that a group of Bahai religious leaders had been arrested, but said that the charges against them...

EU “deeply concern” at planned executions in Iran

Iran Focus: London, Jun. 04 - The European Union on Wednesday expressed its "deep concern" at the impending execution of an alleged juvenile offender...

Larijani condemns Europe’s demand that Iran respect human rights

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 30 - The new speaker of Iran’s Majlis, Ali Larijani, said on Friday that Europe has no right to...

Bahais accuse Iran of discrimination

AP: Seven Bahai leaders arrested and accused of endangering national security are being persecuted by Iran's government for their religious beliefs, leaders of the...

EU concerned by arrests of Baha’is in Iran

Reuters: The European Union called on Iran on Wednesday to release six members of the Baha'i faith imprisoned on security-related charges, urging Tehran to...

Iran says six Baha’is jailed on security charges

Reuters: Iran has imprisoned six members of the Baha'i faith on security-related charges, government spokesman Gholamhossein Elham said on Tuesday. TEHRAN, May 20...

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Netblocks: Iran’s Internet Faces Heavy Filtering Despite Restored Connectivity

NetBlocks, the global internet monitoring organization, says that Iran’s internet, despite being reconnected, is still subject to severe filtering. NetBlocks...

Iran’s Regime Confirms Death Sentence of Political Prisoner Amin Farahavar

The death sentence of Amin Farahavar, supporter of PMOI and political prisoner held in Lakan Prison in Rasht, has...

Political Prisoner Bijan Kazemi Sentenced to 37 Years and Six Months in Prison

Bijan Kazemi, a political prisoner held in Tehran’s Evin Prison, was sentenced by Branch 15 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court...

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Iran’s Regime Confirms Death Sentence of Political Prisoner Amin Farahavar

The death sentence of Amin Farahavar, supporter of PMOI...

Secret Execution of Two Kurdish Political Prisoners in Naqadeh Prison, Iran

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