Iran Human Rights

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...

UN Panel Calls For Human Rights Reform In Iran

RFE/RL: A UN General Assembly committee has voted to condemn human rights abuses in Iran, citing a crackdown on media, use of torture, and...

UK Annual Report on Human Rights Condemns Iran

Radio Farda: United Kingdom’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office published it annual report on human rights on November 10. Jack Straw the British Foreign Secretary...

Iranian boy,16, sentenced to death for murder

AFP: Iran's hardline judiciary has sentenced a 16-year-old boy to death for murder, the reformist Shargh daily reported Tuesday. According to the report, the...

Young man street-paraded in northern Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Nov. 13 - Iranian officials in the town of Babol (northern Iran) paraded a young man around the town’s main streets...

Iran: Web Writers Purge Underway

Human Rights Watch: The Iranian government is moving to silence Internet and Web-log communications, the last remaining outlet for freedom of expression in the...

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Lebanese President Expresses Clear Opposition to Iran’s Regime

Recent remarks by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun regarding the role of Iran's regime in developments in Lebanon have received...

Rationing and Sharp Increases in Bread Prices Across Iran

The livelihood crisis and intensifying economic pressures in Iran have now affected one of the most basic daily necessities...

Internet Shutdowns Have Devastated the Livelihoods of Millions of Iranians

Following widespread and repeated internet shutdowns in Iran ordered by regime officials, reports by trade and professional organizations show...

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Parviz Sabeti, Notorious SAVAK Torturer, Faces Court After Decades of Silence

Although decades have passed since the fall of the...

From Inflation to Food Insecurity, Iran Is Moving Toward a Hidden Famine

Existing indicators suggest that a large portion of Iranian...

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