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Month: August 2016

Properties of Executed Sunni Prisoners Treated as “War Booty

HRANA News Agency – The head of Rajai Shahr prison has allowed criminal prisoners to “loot” the personal properties of…

Weightlifter Sohrab Moradi wins second gold medal for Iran at Rio 2016

PayvandNews - Iran's weightlifter Sohrab Moradi has lifted a total of 403 kilograms at the 94-kilogram category of Rio 2016…

Activist For Women’s Rights In Iran Asked Not To Hold Sign At Olympics

RFL/RE - An activist says she will continue to bring a banner calling for gender equality in Iran to Olympic…

Weekly report on Human Right Violations in Iran 12th August 2016

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Iran: Corruption Scandal Makes Headlines Again, Khamenei Holds Rouhani’s Administration Accountable

aawsat- Iran's Attorney-General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri recently exposed details on a judiciary investigation featuring 1,600 top Iranian officials suspected of…

Iran Investigates If Series of Oil Industry Accidents Were Caused by Cyber Attack

TIME - A series of fires and explosions in recent weeks has killed one and caused major damage After weeks…

Iran isn’t interested in the truth, law or decency

Telegraph.co.uk - Almost 40 years ago I was taken hostage with 51 of my colleagues in Iran and held for…

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Tries to Hide Evidence of Massacre of Thousands of Political Prisoners in 1988

Iranhumanrights.org - Recording of Ayatollah Montazeri's Plea to Stop the Executions is Taken Off Website An audio file of Grand…

Man Imprisoned for Facebook Posts Seeks Reduced Sentence

Iranhumanrights.org - Soheil Arabi, whose death sentence for "insulting the prophet" was struck down by Iran's Supreme Court in 2015…

Will film on 2015 hajj disaster further tarnish Iran-Saudi relations?

Al-monitor - Sept. 24, 2015, was a tragic day. More than 700 people were killed in a stampede during the…