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No Promise of Release for Detained Dual British Citizen in Iran
One year after the arrest of Iranian-British citizen Nazanin Zaghari in Iran, British government once more urged the Islamic Republic authorities to release her.…
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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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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…
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Are Executions by Stoning Back in Iran?
A court in Lorestan province of Iran has convicted a man and a woman of adultery and has punished them to execution by stoning.
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Hardliner Cleric Deals another Blow to Music Festival and Artists
Senior conservative cleric and head of Qom seminaries has initiated a fresh round of attacks against Iranian musicians by exploiting the Plasco disaster.
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Building on fire collapsed in Tehran; many firefighters are feared dead
An iconic high rise on fire has collapsed in Iran killing at least 30 firefighters. Built in 1964, Plasco building was one the first…
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Telegram users arrested in Iran on charges of publishing profanity
Head of Hormozgan Province Department of Justice announced that 32 managers and users of the instant messaging service, Telegram in the province have been…
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Iran executes a juvenile offender
Two young prisoners were executed for committing murder in Iran, one of them a juvenile offender who had carries out the crime when he…
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UN urges action for Iranian prisoners of conscience on hunger strike
Asma Jahangir, UN Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran and two other UN Rapporteurs have issued a statement expressing concern over the prolonged hunger…
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Iranian Political Prisoners Suffer through Hunger Strikes for Minimum Rights
How long can a prisoner on hunger strike last and what has been the result of so many lengthy strikes for political prisoners under…