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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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The Effects of Sanctions Relief and Negotiations on Iran’s Economy

Today, Iran’s economy is simultaneously suffering from chronic inflation, declining investment, the erosion of the middle class, expanding poverty,...

Ali Khamenei’s Corpse and the Spectacle of a Dictator’s Burial

The project of burying Ali Khamenei has long been a subject of discussion among the leaders of Iran's regime....

Agreement Between Iran’s Regime and the United States Highlights a New Rift Within the Ruling Establishment

Disagreements over the course of negotiations between Tehran and Washington have once again become public. While some media outlets...

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Political Prisoner Yahgoub Derakhshan Sentenced to Death for a Second Time

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

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

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