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Iran amputates hands, legs of 5 men as punishment

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 07 – Authorities amputated the hands and legs of five individuals as punishment for alleged crimes in the volatile...

Iran police chief vows to intensify clampdown

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan.05 – Iran’s chief of police reiterated on Friday that the country’s State Security Forces would continue “decisively” with a...

Iran hangs 13 on single day: reports

AFP: Iran hanged 13 convicted criminals on Wednesday, including the mother of two young children who had been found guilty of murdering her husband...

Two men hanged in south-east Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 01 – Iranian authorities hanged two men Monday morning in the volatile south-eastern province of Sistan-va-Baluchistan, state media reported....

Iran Supreme Court upholds death sentence for teenage boy

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 29 – Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence for a 17-year-old schoolboy over the murder of his...

Human rights activist, jailed in Iran, is transferred to hospital

New York Times: A prominent human rights activist who has been jailed since October was transferred to a hospital Wednesday, according to his wife...

Iran police detain 28 youth at banned party: report

Reuters: Iranian police detained 28 young men and women wearing "inappropriate and repulsive" clothing and confiscated alcohol at a party in a northeastern city,...

Amnesty calls for release of trade unionist from Iran jail

Iran Focus: London, Dec. 22 – A prominent international human rights organisation called for the immediate release of an Iranian trade union leader who...

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Iran’s Regime Nearing Oil Export Deadlock

Bloomberg, citing the analytics firm Kpler, reported that the Iranian regime is facing a growing oil storage crisis, with...

Iran’s ‘No To Execution Tuesdays’ Campaign Marks 118th Week

On Tuesday, April 28, the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign entered its 118th week. Prisoners participating in the campaign...

Iranian Political Prisoner Naser Bakrzadeh’s at Risk of Execution

Following the confirmation of Naser Bakrzadeh’s death sentence by Iran’s Supreme Court, the risk of his imminent execution has...

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US Sanctions Chinese Refinery, Tehran-linked Shipping Companies

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced a new...

Iranian Doctor Sentenced to Death for Helping Injured Protesters

Ameneh Soleimani, a physician, was arrested solely for saving...

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