Iran Human Rights

Homes demolished in northeast Iran city

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – State Security Forces have carried out a series of destructive raids on homes in northeast Iran as part...

Man publicly hanged in southeast Iran city

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – A man was publicly hanged in the city of Zahedan this morning, southeast Iran, charged with murder, according...

U.S. Helsinki Commission Members Denounce Iran’s Human Rights Record, Call for Joint U.S.-Europe Res

U.S. Newswire: The human rights situation in Iran is deteriorating, and the United States and its European allies need to develop a joint strategy...

Iran: Man sentenced to have eyes gouged out for teenage crime

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 10 – Iran’s State Supreme Court has upheld a sentence for a young man’s eyes to be gouged out and...

Rare Video Footage of Public Hanging in Iran & Recent Human Rights Watch Report Under Scrutiny

U.S. Newswire: On Thursday June 9, 2005, the Iranian-American Community of Northern California (IACNC) will hold a press conference at 10:30 a.m. (PST) in...

Blogger Mojtaba Saminejad gets two-year prison sentence

Reporters Without Borders: Reporters Without Borders voiced deep concern today about the fate of 25-year-old blogger Mojtaba Saminejad, who has been sentenced to two...

Iran weblogger jailed for ‘insulting’ supreme leader

AFP: An Iranian weblogger arrested in a crackdown against online dissent has been sentenced to two years behind bars for "insulting the supreme leader"...

Public hangings continue in Iran’s volatile oil city

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 06 - A group of Iranians were handed down harsh sentences ranging from execution and amputation of limbs to lashes...

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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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U.S. Attacks IRGC Positions on Larak Island

Reports indicate that U.S. forces attacked two launch platforms...

10 Protesters Sentenced to Death in Isfahan Shohada Square Case

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