Iran Human Rights

Five webloggers jailed

Reporters Without Borders: Reporters Without Borders has strongly protested against the Iran's relentless efforts to stifle free expression online after the arrest of five...

Women facing imminent stoning, death by hanging in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Nov. 30 - The Supreme Court of Iran has upheld a stoning sentence for a woman accused of adultery. Hajieh Esmailvand...

Wave of executions in recent days

Iran Focus: Tehran, Nov. 29 - A 19-year-old man was sentenced to death yesterday, after being convicted of murder. The young man whose identity...

14-year-old boy ‘flogged to death’ by para-military police in western Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Nov. 25 - New information has come to light over the sudden death of a 14-year-old schoolboy in western Iran, who...

EU protests to Iran over media, dissident arrests

AFP: The European Union lodged a formal protest with Iranian authorities Wednesday over the arrest and harassment of journalists, staff of non-governmental organisations and...

Impunity triumphs in Iranian justice

Reporters Without Borders: Six years after a wave of murders of intellectuals and journalists in Iran, the Kazemi, Forouhar, Charif, Mokhtari, Pouyandeh and Davani...

2 minors among half dozen sentenced to execution in past week

Iran Focus: Tehran, Nov. 22 - A total of six people have been sentenced to execution in Iran over the past week including two...

UN committee raps Iran on rights abuses

AFP: A UN committee on Wednesday sharply criticised human rights in Iran, citing the use of torture and a widespread crackdown on the country's...

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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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