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Iran Hangs Three Drug Smugglers in Public – Paper

Reuters: Iran has hanged three drug smugglers in a public square in the southern province of Kerman, the Jomhuri-ye Eslami newspaper reported on Saturday....

Iranian Parliament Refuses To Define Political Crimes

AFP: Iran's conservative-controlled parliament on Wednesday blocked a plan to define political crimes which would have clarified the status of political prisoners, said the...

IRAN’S RULERS FEAR THE PEOPLE

VOA: Like despotic rulers everywhere, the extremist Muslim clerics who run Iran consider the people their greatest enemy. That is why, says U.S. National...

US, Canada to Cooperate on Iran, Canadian Foreign Minister Says

Radio Farda: US and Canada pledged to cooperate on pressing Iran to end its nuclear program and bring to justice those responsible for the...

Press Release

UNITED NATIONS: Press Release - The following statement was issued today by the Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression,...

Iranian Prosecutor Shuts 2 Newspapers

Washington Post: An Iranian prosecutor has ordered the closures of two newspapers that reported last week on a trial involving a case in which...

Iran: Torture Used to Suppress Dissent

Human Rights Watch: The Iranian government has intensified its campaign of torture, arbitrary arrests, and detentions against political critics, Human Rights Watch said in...

Three prisoners publicly hanged in Iran

AFP: Three Iranians convicted of rape, kidnapping and extortion have been hanged publicly in the western city of Khoramabad, the conservative Jaam-e Jam newspaper...

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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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The Pahlavi Restoration: A Legacy of Torture and Revisionism

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