Iran Human Rights

String of arrests in volatile Kurdish towns in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 04 – A number of journalists and human rights defenders have been arrested in towns and cities in western...

Adolescent serial killer hanged in Iran: report

AFP: An Iranian man convicted of murdering and robbing five men when he was a minor has been hanged in the southern city of...

Iran’s Nobel laureate highlights plight of political prisoners

Iran Focus: London, Jul. 31 – Iran’s Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi wrote in an article that the international community should not ignore the plight...

Iran dissident ‘cannot see wife’

BBC News: The wife of Iran's best-known political prisoner, journalist Akbar Ganji, says officials will not let her visit her husband, 49 days into...

Man hanged in Iran’s southern port city

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 27 – An Iranian man was hanged at dawn on Tuesday in a prison in the southern port city...

Tories slam Liberal ‘silence’ in Kazemi death, demand tough stand with Iran

Canadian Press: Critics are calling on Prime Minister Paul Martin's government to take a tougher stand with Iran in the case of a Canadian...

Kazemi was deliberately killed, says Iran’s Ebadi

Reuters: Lawyers representing the family of a Canadian photographer who died in custody in Iran said on Monday she was deliberately killed and demanded...

Iran acknowledges widespread prison abuses

AP: In an unprecedented report, Iran's hard-line judiciary acknowledged widespread human rights violations in prisons, including the use of torture, state-run media reported Sunday....

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Political Prisoner Denied Treatment in Greater Tehran Prison

The physical condition of Hamid Haj-Jafar Kashani, a political prisoner held in Tehran Great Prison, has reportedly become concerned...

Iran’s Regime Cuts Food Voucher Benefits Under ‘Overseas Resident’ Label

In its latest move against low-income segments of society, the Iranian regime has suspended food voucher benefits for a...

Canada Sanctions Five Political and Military Officials of the Iranian Regime

The Canadian government announced on Friday, August 14, that it had imposed sanctions on five military and political officials...

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Alireza Sheikh, executive deputy of the Iranian regime's army...

Iran: No to Execution Tuesdays Campaign Marks 133rd Week

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