Iran Human Rights

Rape, torture and lies

The Globe and Mail: Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi was savagely beaten, tortured and raped while in Iranian custody in 2003, according to an emergency-room...

Pettigrew targets Iran rights record

Toronto Star: Canada's foreign affairs minister will today demand that Iran take action to improve its record on human rights. "The human rights violations...

Imprisoned Iranian Pastor may Face Death Penalty

Christian Today: A military court in Iran has sentenced Christian pastor Hamid Pourmand to jail for three years and has ordered his immediate transfer...

Iran: Dissident Wins Award for Besieged Writers

Human Rights Watch: The Iranian author Taqi Rahmani, who has spent a total of 17 years in prison, was awarded a Hellman/Hammett grant for...

A journalist banned from working for two years, a daily suspended and nine journalists summoned

Reporters Without Borders: Reporters Without Borders condemned government hounding of the press after an independent journalist was given a six-month suspended sentence, a daily...

Iranian journalist banned from work

AFP: An Iranian journalist has been banned from working for two years and given a six months suspended jail term over a magazine article,...

U.S. issues damning human rights report on Iran

Iran Focus: Washington, Feb. 28 – The United States issued a damning report today on Iran's human rights violations as part of its 2004...

Father and son sentenced to death in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Feb. 27 – A middle-aged man and his teenage son are facing imminent execution after Iran's Supreme Court upheld the death...

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Intense Rainfall and Floods Damage Dozens of Cities Across Iran

Heavy rainfall has again led to flooding in dozens of cities across Iran, damaging residential homes and agricultural lands....

Iran is the Second Largest Prison for Writers in the World

The 2023 Freedom to Write Index, released by PEN America, shows that Iran continues to be the world’s second-largest...

Iranian Proxies Still Planning Attacks on US Forces

On Thursday, May 2, Avril Haines, the director of the U.S. National Intelligence Agency, told a Senate Armed Services...

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Growing Calls for the Terrorist Designation of the IRGC

On Monday, April 29, the Iranian regime’s Foreign Ministry...

Only One-Fifth of Iran’s Annual Housing Needs Are Met

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