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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...

Amnesty Calls on Tehran to Stop Torturing Families of Executed Political Prisoners

By Jubin Katiraie Three Kurdish political prisoners, Ramin Hossein Panahi, and Zaniar and Loghman Moradi, were executed by the Iranian regime. Their executions have resulted in calls by...

Iran Acts with Impunity in Executing Navid Afkari

By Pooya Stone At dawn on Saturday, September 12, 2020, Iranian authorities executed Navid Afkari, a 27-year-old wrestling champion, an innocent individual, and a protester....

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Iran’s ‘No to Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign Enters Its 137th Week

As part of the ongoing "No to Executions Tuesdays" campaign, prisoners in 62 prisons across Iran went on hunger...

Insecurity and Poor Economic Conditions in Iran Have Driven Citizens to Brink

In the accounts coming from the streets of Iran, we hear stories that are rarely reflected in the news....

Iranian Political Prisoners Mark 61st Anniversary of PMOI Resistance

As the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) approaches the 61st anniversary of its founding on September 6, a...

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Iran’s former FM appointed head of foreign relations council

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 26 - Iran’s Supreme...