Iran Human Rights

Persecution Of Baha’is Continues In Iran

Radio Free Europe: Baha'is are Iran's largest religious minority, but their faith is not recognized in the country's constitution and they have long faced...

FEATURE – Young Iranian criminals fear execution day

Reuters: Instead of celebrating his 18th birthday at home with friends and family this month, Ali Torabi will be wondering if it will be...

Seven drug traffickers hanged publicly in Iran

AFP: Seven drug traffickers were hanged publicly on Tuesday in a park in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan, the Kayhan evening newspaper reported....

Iran: Torture Used to Obtain ‘Confessions’

Human Rights Watch: Secret squads operating under the authority of the Iranian judiciary have used torture to force detained Internet journalists and civil society...

Iranian squads accused of using torture

AFP: Human Rights Watch said Monday that secret squads operating under the Iranian judiciary have used torture to force detained Internet journalists and activists...

Swedish Parliament draws attention to human rights violations in Iran

Iran Focus: Gothenburg, Dec. 6 - In a parliamentary conference in Stockholm last week, Swedish parliamentarians from different factions debated the growing trend of...

Iran voices ‘concern’ over human rights in Netherlands, EU

AFP: Iran responded to fresh EU criticism of its human rights situation by saying it was concerned by what it alleged were violations in...

Released Iranian reformist journalists write letters of repentance: report

AFP: Three Iranian reformist journalists released in the past days have written letters of repentance, saying they were "brainwashed" by foreigners and "counter-revolutionaries", press...

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700,000 Jobs Lost in Iran as A Result of War

While the fate of the war in the region remains uncertain, reports from Iran indicate a suffocating livelihood crisis...

Iran: How Pahlavi’s Name Stole the January 2026 Uprising

In the biting cold of mid-January 2026, the air in Tehran’s Vali-e-Asr Square was thick with the scent of...

Escalating Executions in Iran Put EU Policy Under Scrutiny

A conference held at the European Parliament in Brussels on April 22, 2026, brought renewed attention to the escalating...

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The Pahlavi Restoration: A Legacy of Torture and Revisionism

1924: A poet is murdered for his verses, silenced...

700,000 Jobs Lost in Iran as A Result of War

While the fate of the war in the region...

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