Iran Human Rights

Rights group fears arrest of Iran “student blogger”

Iran Focus: London, May 31 – The international media freedoms watchdog Reporters Without Borders said on Wednesday that it was “very worried” about the...

Prisoner hanged in volatile Iran province

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 31 – Iranian authorities hanged a man in a prison in the south-eastern province of Sistan-va-Baluchistan which has been...

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...

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Iranian Political Prisoners Mark 61st Anniversary of PMOI Resistance

As the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) approaches the 61st anniversary of its founding on September 6, a...

Iran’s Rial in Freefall, Putting Strain on People’s Livelihoods

The U.S. dollar exchange rate in Iran's free market has surpassed 2.8 million rials, while the official rate remains...

Iran’s Regime Rejects Retrial Request by Protester Sentenced to Death

On Wednesday, September 2, human rights media outlets reported the continued detention and interrogation of opponents of Iran's regime,...

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Seventy Percent of Students at School in Tehran Have Dropped Out

In the latest sign of the collapse of education...

Iran’s Regime Rejects Retrial Request by Protester Sentenced to Death

On Wednesday, September 2, human rights media outlets reported...

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