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Thousands of Iran dissidents in Iraq reject “slanderous” report

Iran Focus: Baghdad, May 27 - Some 3,446 Iranian dissidents belonging to Iran’s main opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin (PMOI), declared in a statement...

Iraqi rights inspector clears Iran group of abuse charges

Iran Focus: Baghdad, May 27 – Iraq’s acting National Human Rights Inspector released a report today on his findings during fact-finding visits to the...

Iran Revolutionary Guard killing of young man sparks clashes

Iran Focus: Tehran, May 26 – A warrant officer of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards shot to death a young man in cold blood at an...

Human Rights Watch grilled by British Peer for report on Iran opposition

Iran Focus: London, U.K., May 26 – A prominent British human rights advocate strongly criticised Human Rights Watch over the New York-based organization’s controversial...

Pressure grows on Human Rights Watch to retract report on Iran opposition

Iran Focus: Washington, DC, May 26 - A press briefing is being held today in the National Press Building in the United States’ capital...

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...

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Iran’s Regime Rejects Retrial Request by Protester Sentenced to Death

On Wednesday, September 2, human rights media outlets reported the continued detention and interrogation of opponents of Iran's regime,...

Corruption in Iran’s Ports Reaches the Regime’s Parliament

The corruption case in Iran’s ports has once again become one of the controversial issues in the regime’s parliament....

Heavy Collapse in Iranian Workers’ Purchasing Power Over the Past 10 Years

In recent years, and particularly in the months following the recent war, workers’ “real wages” in Iran have experienced...

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