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Media watchdog says Iran must stop hounding journalists

Iran Focus: London, Jan. 31 - A prominent press freedoms organisation condemned on Wednesday a decision by Iranian authorities to suspend a feminist monthly...

Iran: Young ‘alcoholic’ faces death penalty

AKI: A young Iranian man is facing execution after a court judged him a 'hardened and incorrigible drinker," Iranian daily Etemad Melli reported. A...

Five men hanged in Iran’s notorious prison

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 31 – Five men were hanged in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, state media reported on Thursday. Iran FocusTehran,...

Iran to limit execution in public

BBC: The head of Iran's judiciary has issued an order that no executions be carried out in public without his permission. BBC NewsThe...

Iran executes bribery convict

New York Times: Iran’s judiciary has executed an airport customs contractor accused of bribe-taking and other corruption and has sentenced three other airport employees...

Iran sentences Bahais for ‘anti-regime propaganda’

AFP: Iran's judiciary said on Tuesday it has sentenced 54 members of the Bahai religious community, whose faith is banned in the Islamic republic,...

Two men hanged in central Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 28 – Iranian authorities hanged two men in public in the central province of Markazi on Monday, state media...

Anger in Iran after law student dies in custody

Daily Telegraph: The death of a student in the custody of Iranian intelligence officers has provoked outrage among opponents of the regime, who claim...

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The Vicious Cycle of Poverty in Iran

Over the past more than a decade, Iran’s economy has been trapped in chronic stagnation, structural inflation, and a...

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...

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Telecommunications Employees in Tehran Protest Four Years of Unpaid Claims

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

Iranian Regime Judiciary Announces ‘Harshest Punishment’ for Defendants in Ekbatan Case

The Mizan News Agency, affiliated with the judiciary of...

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US imposes sanctions on Assad, six other Syrian officials

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