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5 people hanged in Iran cities in one day

Iran Focus: Tehran, May 04 – One man was publicly hanged in the southern Iranian city of Ahwaz, while four other prisoners were executed...

Iran – 2005 annual report

Reporters Without Borders: Press freedom shrank daily during 2004 in Iran, one the world's 10 countries most repressive of the media. Countless threats hang...

Young man hanged in Iran for acting against the state

Iran Focus: Tehran, May 02 – A young man was hanged in public in the northeastern Iranian town of Bojnourd for “acting against the...

Four Iranian webloggers protest of being forced to confess

AFP: Four Iranian webloggers arrested during a crackdown last year have written to the judiciary head to complain of having been subjected to "physical...

Man hanged in Iran oil city

Iran Focus: Tehran, May 02 - A man accused of murdering a taxi driver was hanged in Karoon Prison in the southern Iranian city...

European Parliament censures Iran rights abuses

Iran Focus: Brussels, Apr. 29 – The European Parliament adopted a resolution yesterday, calling on Iran to end its increasing human rights violations. The...

Call for release of two imprisoned journalists

Reporters Without Borders: Reporters Without Borders called today for the immediate release of reformist Iranian Arab journalist Yosef Azizi Banitrouf, who was arrested in...

Iranian student to be jailed, flogged for demonstrating

AFP: An Iranian student detained for taking part in anti-regime demonstrations has been sentenced to 18 months behind bars and 76 lashes, his lawyer...

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

The U.S. dollar exchange rate in Iran's free market...

Iranian Regime Arms Shipment for Houthis Seized in the Red Sea

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