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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...

Iran hangs three men, one woman

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 20 – Iranian authorities hanged four people, including a woman, in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison, state media reported on...

UN condemns human rights violations in Iran

Iran Focus: London, Dec. 19 - The United Nations General Assembly accused Iran on Tuesday of continuing the practice of torture and punishments such...

Iran student arrested after reporting to court as summoned

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 19 - An Iranian student was arrested earlier this week after reporting to the country’s moral police as...

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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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Iran votes to resume nuclear programme

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