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OPEN LETTER to US AG Barr, Designate the Chinese Communist Party as a Transnational Criminal Organisation

Shabtabnews - Following the US state departments report on Commission on Unalienable Rights and US Secretary State, Pompeo's speech and…

Iran’s Judiciary Dismisses Online Campaign To Stop Executions

Radiofarda - Reacting to more than 11 million tweets calling for an end to executions in Iran, the Islamic Republic…

Iran Executes Man Charged With ‘Spying’, Defying Popular Call To Stop Executions

Radiofarda - The Iranian Judiciary has announced on Monday July 20 that Mahmoud Mousavi Majd, a young man who was…

Additional Report on the Execution of Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd in Iran

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - While the Islamic Republic’s judiciary claims that Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd was executed this morning, independent sources…

Iranian Health Officials Play Down President’s ’25 Million Infected’ Estimate

PayvandNews - Iranian health officials have tried to play down President Hassan Rohani's estimate that as many as 25 million…

Iran Security Official Says ‘Instigators Of Protests In Behbahan’ Arrested

Radiofarda - The Security Chief of Iran's oil-rich Khuzestan Province on Sunday said all of the individuals that he called…

Iran Supreme Court Puts Death Sentences On Hold, Calls For New Investigation

Radiofarda - In what has been perceived as a victory for the social media campaign against capital punishment in Iran,…

Iran: Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd Executed on Espionage Charges

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd,  a man on death row for alleged charges of espionage, has been executed.…

Iran: Concern for Narges Mohammadi’s Ailing Health in Prison

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - There is a growing concern for the imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohammadi’s health, who her brother…

Reprisal Against Family of Exiled Iranian Journalist: Ali Alinejad Sentenced to Prison

Iran Human Rights (IHR) - Journalist and civil activist in-exile Masih Alinejad’s brother, Alireza Alinejad, has been sentenced to eight…