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Iranian Authorities are Destroying one Political Prisoner’s Medical Records
The plight of Arash Sadeghi, jailed Iranian political activist has further intensified with reports that his medical file inside Evin Prison is missing. Sadeghi…
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Running for Iran Presidency: A Cleric Involved in the Mass Execution of Political Prisoners
Ebrahim Raisi, head of Iran’s wealthiest religious institution, an ex-high-ranking official with the judiciary and a hardliner cleric involved with the mass execution of…
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Gender Justice: Equality vs Difference
On 20th of March, the Iranian Supreme Leader condemned and criticized the notion of “Gender Justice” in his annual Iranian New Year’s speech -…
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Reformist Journalist Hengameh Shahidi on Hunger Strike after Arbitrary Arrest
Hengameh Shahidi, a reformist member of the Etemad Melli Party and a former adviser to opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi has been on hunger strike…
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Iran Drops Flogging Sentence against Protesting Miners
The appellate court has reduced the sentences against miners of Bafgh Iron Ore Mines suspending their jail term for three years and changing the…
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Iran Violently Arrests Journalists before the Summer Presidential Election
With the approach of the presidential elections in Iran in summer 2017, journalists appear to be facing a new wave of persecution from the…
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UN Human Rights Rapporteur on Iran Releases her first Report
Asma Jahangir released her first report as United Nation’s Special Rapporteur for Human Rights to Iran urging the Islamic Republic to end public executions.
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Increasing Concern for Health of Jailed Rights Lawyer, Dissident Cleric in Iran
Iranian human right lawyer, Abdolfattah Soltani, who has been languishing in jail over two thousand days, is in grave health condition. Meanwhile Mohammadreza Nekonam,…
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Farhadi’s Victory at the Oscars Draws Mixed Reactions
Asghar Farhadi won his second Oscar for best foreign film at the 89th Oscar ceremony while the filmmaker had boycotted the event in protest…
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Iranian Chess Players Condemned by Country’s Chess Federation
Two Iranian chess contenders participating in the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival earlier this month have drawn fire from Iran’s Chess Federation; one for appearing…
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Sunni Theologian to Iran Leader: Your Judiciary is Executing Sunnis More
The spiritual leader of the Sunni Muslims in Iran has written a letter to his Shiite counterpart, the Iranian Supreme Leader, expressing concerns over…
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Hundreds of Workers Protest in front of Iran Parliament
Hundreds of retired teachers, social workers, the workers of Telecommunication Company of Iran (Mokhaberat), as well as private sector contractors who had work for…