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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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Iran’s Healthcare System on Verge of Crisis as Nurses Migrate En Masse

The crisis of nursing staff shortages in Iran, driven by the migration of nurses, has once again come into...

Volker Türk: At Least 40 People Executed on Security-Related Charges in Iran

Recent remarks by Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, have once again drawn international attention...

Iran’s ‘No to Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign Marks 125th Week

On Tuesday, June 16, the "No to Executions Tuesdays" campaign entered its 125th week, once again demonstrating the determination...

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