Iran Human Rights

Violence, poverty and abuse led girl, 16, to gallows

Iran Focus: Neka (northern Iran), Aug 31 – The orphaned 16-year-old girl hanged in front of residents in this town close to the Caspian...

Man hanged in public in Arak

Iran Focus: Tehran - A man was hanged in public in the city of Arak, (central Iran) on Sunday, August 29. As the unnamed...

Four forced to watch their father’s hanging

Iran Focus: Tehran, Sep. 3 - A man by the name of Mohammad N. was hanged in public in the city of Arak, (central...

Memories of a slaughter in Iran

TORONTO STAR: Payam lives alone and never talks about the past. The 46-year-old Iranian with gentle brown eyes and a quiet smile is haunted...

EU: Patten Says Iran Entails One Of His ‘Biggest Regrets’

RFE/RL: The EU's outgoing external relations commissioner, Chris Patten, has said Iran's "backward movement" on human rights and unwillingness to fully meet UN nuclear...

Pettigrew: Canada hasn’t ruled out sanctions against Iran in Kazemi case

Associated Press: Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew said Tuesday that Canada has not ruled out sanctions against Iran to protest the death in custody...

A Fashion Fatwa

The Washington Times: Iran's parliament is preparing fashion designs for national Islamic costumes to combat what they call the corrupting influence of Western fashion....

Death and the maiden in Iran

Sunday Telegraph: Atefeh Rajabi appears to have been a fairly normal 16-year-old: sulky, disobedient, and eager to have sex. In London, those attributes earn...

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Intense Rainfall and Floods Damage Dozens of Cities Across Iran

Heavy rainfall has again led to flooding in dozens of cities across Iran, damaging residential homes and agricultural lands....

Iran is the Second Largest Prison for Writers in the World

The 2023 Freedom to Write Index, released by PEN America, shows that Iran continues to be the world’s second-largest...

Iranian Proxies Still Planning Attacks on US Forces

On Thursday, May 2, Avril Haines, the director of the U.S. National Intelligence Agency, told a Senate Armed Services...

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Growing Calls for the Terrorist Designation of the IRGC

On Monday, April 29, the Iranian regime’s Foreign Ministry...

Iranian Proxies Still Planning Attacks on US Forces

On Thursday, May 2, Avril Haines, the director of...

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