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Amnesty fears torture of Arab children detained in Iran

Iran Focus: London, Mar. 24 – The international human rights group Amnesty International expressed concern over the possible arrest of two young Arab boys...

Iran called on to resume nuclear talks

AP: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her counterparts from Australia and Japan urged Iran on Saturday to suspend all uranium enrichment activities and...

Iran police arrest 1,000 during fire festival in Tehran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 16 – Iran’s paramilitary police arrested 1,000 individuals in the Iranian capital during Tuesday night’s annual fire festival, Tehran’s...

U.S. slams human rights abuses in Iran

Iran Focus: London, Mar. 08 – The United States accused Iran on Wednesday of committing “numerous, serious” human rights abuses. Iran FocusLondon, Mar....

Man lashed in public 74 times

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 08 – A man was flogged in public in the Iranian city of Karaj, west of Tehran, the semi-official...

Iran hangs young man in public

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 08 – A young man was hanged in public in the western city of Qazvin, a state-run daily reported...

Iran hangs two in public in restive city

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 02 – Two men accused of carrying out a recent bombing in the south-western city of Ahwaz were hanged...

Iran executes three Arab activists – report

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 01 – Iran has executed three Arab activists in the south-western oil city of Ahwaz, according to local dissidents...

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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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