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Man hanged for crime committed 27 years ago in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 18 – A man was hanged in Iran on Wednesday for a crime he allegedly committed some 27 years...

Young man hanged in central Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 18 – A young Iranian man was hanged in central Iran, state media reported. Iran FocusTehran, Iran, Jan....

U.N. experts say Iran plans executions

AP: Three U.N. human rights investigators on Wednesday said Iran was planning the imminent execution of seven Arabs sentenced to death after a secret...

Iran man flogged in public for making home-made porn film

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 07 - A man was flogged in public in the town of Behshahr, northern Iran, for producing home-made pornographic...

Iran arrests journalist after meeting abroad

AFP: An Iranian journalist who worked for the now banned reformist Yas-e No and the centrist Shargh newspapers has been arrested after returning from...

Man hanged in central Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 04 – A man was hanged in prison in the central city of Isfahan, the official news agency IRNA...

Three men hanged in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 03 – Three men were hanged at dawn on Wednesday in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison, the official daily Iran...

Man hanged near Iran’s southern port city

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 30 – Iranian authorities have hanged a man near the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, a state-run news...

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Renewed Protests Erupt in Iran

In recent days, Iran has witnessed fundamental changes in the nature of popular protests. The movement has evolved from...

Rising Crime and Social Breakdown After 47 Years of Clerical Rule in Iran

While Iran's regime has spent much of its resources and capabilities over more than four decades suppressing opponents, silencing...

Seventy-Eight Nobel Laureates Urge UN Action Amid Rising Executions in Iran

A coalition of 78 Nobel Prize laureates has issued a joint appeal to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, calling...

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The Gallows: The Real Story of Iran Behind the Oslo Ceremony

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Food Basket Share Reaches 71% of Iranian Workers’ Minimum Wage

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