Iran Human Rights

Atefeh Rajabi was 16 when hanged: legal expert

Iran Focus: The lawyer representing the relatives of Atefeh Rajabi, the 16-year-old girl who was hanged last month (Aug. 15th) in the town of...

International Religious Freedom Report 2004 – Iran

In Iran, religious minorities, including Sunni Muslims, Baha'is, Mendelians, Jews and Christians face imprisonment, harassment, intimidation and discrimination based on their religious beliefs. ...

Iran Arrests 80 Evangelicals, Amid Fears of New Crackdown on Christians

BosNewsLife News Center: Iranian police invaded the annual conference of Iran’s Assemblies of God and arrested at least 80 church leaders at the church’s...

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner Says Human Rights Ignored by Tehran

Voice of America: Human rights activist, Shirin Ebadi, says Iran has signed international treaties protecting young people from execution, but constantly ignores the agreements....

Three journalists arrested in continued crackdown against Internet

Reporters Without Borders: Reporters Without Borders said it was outraged at the latest escalation in a crackdown against news on the Internet as three...

Three juveniles sentenced to death

Iran Focus: Death sentences have been issued for three boys by the names of Ali M., Morteza F. and Milad B. who are presently...

Executions on the rise in Iran

Iran Focus: A religious court in Tehran sentenced two men to execution, bringing to more than 110 the number of people hanged since January...

Iran’s hardliners roll back Khatami’s reforms, but how far?

AFP: Iran's dominant conservatives have been rolling back the tentative liberalisation of reformist President Mohammad Khatami since winning control of parliament in disputed polls...

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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...

U.S. Sanctions Tehran’s Drone and Missile Networks

As part of its ongoing maximum pressure policy, the United States imposed new sanctions targeting supply networks linked to...

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Hollow Show of Power by Supporters of Iran’s Regime in the Streets

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