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Iran arrests Azeri political activists – report

Iran Focus: London, Feb. 27 – Two political activists in Iran’s Azerbaijan Province were arrested for spreading anti-government propaganda leaflets in the north-western town...

Iran’s police lash man 74 times in public

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 27 – A man accused of being a “trouble-maker” was flogged in public by police in the northern Iranian...

Amnesty warns of political executions in Iran

Iran Focus: London, Feb. 25 – The human rights group Amnesty International announced that it had “grave concern” about the “alarming rate” of executions...

Iran hangs 22-year-old man in prison

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 24 – A young man from the town of Ardebil, north-western Iran, was hanged in prison, a state-run news...

Iran vows to continue execution of minors

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 18 – A judge at Tehran’s Appellate Court announced on Saturday that the Islamic Republic would continue to issue...

Iran executes two men in southern city

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 17 – Two men accused of murder were hanged in the central city of Shiraz, the state-run news agency...

Rights group blasts human rights violations in Iran

Iran Focus: London, Feb. 16 – A top international rights group blasted on Thursday the hard-line government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for failing to...

Iran sentences seven to death in volatile region

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 15 – An Iranian court sentenced seven individuals to death for allegedly playing a role in twin bombings in...

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

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US Sanctions Network Involved in the Sale of Iranian Liquefied Petroleum Gas

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