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Hundreds executed in Iran in 2008 – Amnesty

Iran Focus: London, Mar. 24 - Iran executed at least 346 people in 2008, a prominent international human rights organisation said on Tuesday. ...

Iran hangs four men

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 12 - Iranian authorities hanged four men in a town in eastern Iran, state media reported on Thursday. ...

Dissidents say man ‘secretly’ stoned to death in Iran

Iran Focus: London, Mar. 11 – A man was ‘secretly’ stoned to death in a prison in the northern Iranian city of Rasht, the...

Five men hanged in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 10 - Iranian authorities hanged five men in central and south-eastern Iran earlier this week, state media reported. ...

Rights group urges Iran not to stone women

Iran Focus: London, Mar. 09 - Amnesty International on Monday urged Iran to suspend stoning sentences pending for eight women. Iran FocusLondon, Mar....

Morocco cuts diplomatic ties with Iran

Iran Focus: London, Mar. 06 - Morocco on Friday severed diplomatic ties with Iran, the Moroccan Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Iran...

Iran says will file lawsuit against Turkmenistan over gas disruption

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 05 - Iran says it will file a lawsuit against Turkmenistan if the two sides fail to reach an...

Dozens detained as students protest in Iran capital

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 25 – Hundreds of students from Tehran's prestigious Polytechnic (Amirkabir) University rallied for a second day on Tuesday against...

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Renewed Protests Erupt in Iran

In recent days, Iran has witnessed fundamental changes in the nature of popular protests. The movement has evolved from...

Rising Crime and Social Breakdown After 47 Years of Clerical Rule in Iran

While Iran's regime has spent much of its resources and capabilities over more than four decades suppressing opponents, silencing...

Seventy-Eight Nobel Laureates Urge UN Action Amid Rising Executions in Iran

A coalition of 78 Nobel Prize laureates has issued a joint appeal to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, calling...

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Widespread Student Protests Across the Country; Opposition to Educational Policies

Student protests against the educational policies of the Iranian...

Political Prisoner Yahgoub Derakhshan Sentenced to Death for a Second Time

Yahgoub Derakhshan, a political prisoner and supporter of the...

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