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Eight people convicted on drug charges were executed yesterday in the northwestern Iranian cities of Orumiyeh and Miandoab. Human rights...

Jafar PanahiA film made in semi-secrecy by persecuted Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi is to be screened at the 64th Cannes...

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Saeed JaliliIran says it is prepared to resume nuclear talks with Europe, so long as the renewed co-operation is based...

Hamzeh KaramiIranian political prisoner Hamzeh Karami has been moved to solitary confinement in Evin Prison, the Kaleme website reports. According...

Hossein DerakhshanJailed Iranian blogger Hossein Derakhshan, who is sentenced to more than 19 years in prison, has been temporarily released....

Gholamhossein Mohseni EjeiForty suspects in the attacks of Tehran University dormitories have been given judicial sentences, according to Iran’s Prosecutor...

Iran’s dire prison conditions are being highlighted in the media due to recently released reports of sexual harassment and critically...

Ahmad RouzbehaniIranian authorities have announced that “morality police” will hit city streets in greater numbers this summer to confront violations...

Nasrin SotoudehJailed Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been cut off from her family for the past ten days,...