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Boston Globe Globe Editorial AS THE United States prepares to withdraw most, if not all, of its troops from Iraq by year’s end, Iran’s pervasive influence in that country becomes…

London, Apr. 08 – Iraqi forces on Friday raided a camp belonging to members of Iran’s main opposition group in Iraq’s Diyala Province, north-east of Baghdad, killing 32 people and…

Geneva, Mar. 24 – The top United Nations human rights body on Thursday appointed a new Special Rapporteur to investigate spiralling human rights violations in Iran. The decision by the…

TEHRAN, March 15, 2011 (AFP) – Iranian authorities warned young people against using Tuesday’s traditional fire festival as a springboard for counter-revolutionary activities, local media reported Monday. “The counter-revolution seeks…

GENEVA, March 15, 2011 (AFP) – Iran has intensified its crackdown on human rights defenders, journalists and the opposition, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said in a report to be presented…

TEHRAN (AFP) — A number of Bahais who were “promoting their faith in kindergartens” have been arrested, a prosecutor in the southern city of Bam was quoted by the official…

The Washington Post By Thomas Erdbrink Washington Post Foreign Service Wednesday, March 9, 2011; A14 TEHRAN – Former Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani withdrew his candidacy Tuesday for reelection…

Tehran, Mar. 01 – Thousands of residents of Tehran clashed with security forces late on Tuesday in anti-government protests in various parts of the Iranian capital. Security forces used tear…

Tehran, Feb. 20 – Hundreds of thousands of anti-government protestors rallied on Sunday in various parts of Tehran and other major Iranian cities, despite the deployment of thousands of security…

The Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Clashes between Iranian police and tens of thousands of protesters wracked central Tehran on Monday killing one person, as opposition supporters tried to…

TEHRAN, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Iran’s science minister has called for universities to enforce strict sex segregation, saying allowing men and women to mingle on campus is a sign of…

The Iranian regime has executed Jafar Kazemi and Mohammad Ali Haj-Aghai. Their charges include visiting Camp Ashraf, providing financial and moral support the PMOI, as well as participating in Protests.…

(CNN) — Iranian authorities have ordered a ban on women from watching live broadcasts of soccer matches at public movie theaters, the semi-official ILNA news agency reported. A state police…

Tehran, Jan. 19 – Iranian authorities on Wednesday hanged 10 men in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran, state media reported. All 10 were hanged in a Rajai-Shahr Prison,…

Tehran, Jan. 13 – Iranian authorities on Thursday hanged five men in Khoramabad, western Iran, a day after hanging eight others in the capital Tehran. The five men were accused…

Ali Sarami, 63, member of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), was hanged at dawn on Tuesday, December 28, 2010, after 24 years of incarceration under the clerical and…

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UNITED NATIONS, December 22, 2010 (AFP) – The UN General Assembly on Tuesday approved a resolution expressing “deep concern” over “recurring” human rights violations in Iran, where authorities have been…

TEHRAN (Reuters) – An Iranian man was given 80 lashes in public for drinking alcohol, ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday, a punishment aimed at discouraging others from such behaviour…

BERLIN (AFP) — Germany Wednesday condemned the jailing of Iranian filmmaker and vocal opposition backer Jafar Panahi as “scandalous” and “unacceptable” and called on Tehran to lift the sentence. “Sentencing…

Shahla Jahed was murdered by the Iranian regime early morning on December 1st at some time after four am. She was hung for the murder of Laleh Saharkhizan, the wife…