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Amnesty International censures Iran rights abuses

Iran Focus: London, May 26 – The London-based international human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, in its 2005 annual report, released this week, strongly criticised...
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Man publicly hanged in southern Iran town

Iran Focus: Tehran, May 25 – A young man was hanged in public in the southern Iranian city of Ahwaz, accused of armed robbery...
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UK parliamentarians fault HRW report, support Iran opposition group

Iran Focus: London, May 24 – More than a dozen British parliamentarians today called on the government to support the Iranian opposition, while denouncing...
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Iran students protest presidential elections, set tyres alight

Iran Focus: Tehran, May 23 – Hundreds of students demonstrated in and around Tehran University this evening, setting tyres alight and protesting what they...
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Society to expose HRW report link to Iran’s Intelligence Ministry

Iran Focus: Washington, May 23 - Colorado's Iranian-American Society will tomorrow hold a press conference on the implications of a recent report issued by...
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UK rights group urges Human Rights Watch to retract flawed report

Iran Focus: London, May 22 – A human rights organisation with worldwide reach has said the latest report by U.S.-based Human Rights Watch on...
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British MP rebukes Human Rights Watch report on Iran dissidents

Iran Focus: London, May 22 – A Conservative MP attacked a U.S.-based rights group for publishing a report on the Iranian opposition “on the...
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British human rights lawyer blasts report on Iranian group

Iran Focus: London, May 22 - A prominent Human Rights lawyer in the United Kingdom levelled serious accusations against U.S.-based Human Rights Watch for...
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Four Decades of Bitter Narratives: May Day as a Day of Wrath, Not Celebration, for Iran’s Workers

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