Iran Human Rights

Rights group calls for release of two journalists held in Iran

Iran Focus: London, May 27 – The international press freedoms organisation Reporters Without Borders demanded on Saturday the “immediate release” of two Iranian Azeri...

Report: 54 Baha’is arrested in Iran

UPI: Iranian officials have released 54 Baha'is arrested in the city of Shiraz last week, the Baha'i International Community said Wednesday. NEW...

Amnesty International blasts Iran’s human rights violations

Iran Focus: London, May 23 – The international human rights organisation Amnesty International blasted human rights abuses in Iran in 2005 in its annual...

Four men, one woman hanged in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 22 – Four men and one woman were hanged in Iran, press reports said on Monday. Iran FocusTehran,...

Iran gets tough on the poor – photos (part 2)

Iran Focus: Tehran, May 17 – Despite a promise by hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad before he took office to root out poverty and...

Iran gets tough on the poor – photos

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 17 – Despite a promise by hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad before he took office to root out poverty...

Rights group urges EU to pressure Iran to stop execution

Iran Focus: London, May 13 – A Tehran-based human rights group has called on the European Union to pressure Iran to suspend the imminent...

Iran’s membership in UN Human Rights Council rejected

Iran Focus: London, May 09 – Iran failed to win a seat Tuesday at the newly-established United Nations Human Rights Council. Iran FocusLondon,...

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Iran War: Escalating Drug Shortages and Disruption of Healthcare Services

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has warned that the consequences of U.S. and Israeli...

US Sanctions Chinese Refinery, Tehran-linked Shipping Companies

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced a new package of Iran-related sanctions on Friday, which includes a major...

War and its Impact on Children’s Education in Iran

Repeated school closures during the war between the United States and Iran's regime have severely reduced the quality of...

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Execution of PMOI Members Hamed Validi and Nima Shahi in Tehran

In the early hours of Monday, April 20, Hamed...

Iran: Violent Transfer of Political Prisoners to the Notorious Ghezel Hesar Prison

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