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UNGA Condemns Iran for Human Rights Abuses

The United Nations General Assembly condemned the Iranian government on Monday for its ongoing and systematic human rights abuses.  During the 75th session of UNGA’s Third...

Iran Protesters Given Major Sentences 

Iran’s Behbahan Court, in Khuzestan province, has sentenced 36 protesters including two women, arrested during November 2019 protests a total of 109 years in...

Iran Systematically Creating Drug Addicts Out of Protesters

The Iranian authorities are using an experienced drug-trafficking mafia to turn young imprisoned protesters into drug addicts, in a systematic plan to discredit protesters...

Kurdish Political Prisoner Moved Repeatedly, Catches Coronavirus

By Jubin Katiraie A Kurdish political prisoner was moved from the Central Prison of Kerman, southern Iran, to the notorious Dieselabad Prison in Kermanshah, western...

Harsh Treatment of Iranian Political Prisoners

By Pooya Stone An Iranian prisoner of conscience began a hunger strike yesterday in protest to being moved to a psychiatric hospital and injected with...

Iran Protester Father Dies from Suicide Over Son’s Imminent Execution

By Jubin Katiraie The father of a jailed Iranian political prisoner on death row has died from suicide, according to state-run News Agency ROKNA. Mohammad Moradi,...

Iranian Protester Dies in Custody

By Jubin Katiraie An Iranian protester, who was beaten into a coma by security forces, has died in custody. Nader Mokhtari, 35, died on Saturday in Kahrizak...

Female Political Prisoners Suffering in Iran

By Jubin Katiraie The health of three Iranian female political prisoners - Nasrin Sotoudeh, Fatemeh Mosanna, and Zeinab Jalalian – held in solitary confinement in...

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Retirees Keep the Flame of Civil Protest Alive in Iran

Retirees in Iran are now forced to take to the streets in the scorching heat of summer and the...

United States Launches Major Attack on Iranian Regime Targets

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) says the latest strikes were a response to missile attacks by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard...

Iranian Regime Backs Down on Executions Over Ghezel Hesar Prison Hunger Strike

After 16 days of a widespread hunger strike by approximately 1,500 death row prisoners in Unit 2 of Ghezel...

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Tehran school siege ends peacefully

AFP: A man armed with grenades and pistols took...

U.S., EU reject further talks with Iran

Iran Focus: London, Jan. 19 – The United States...