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Iranian beauty queen stuck in Manila says Tehran has ‘fake case’ against her

Al-Arabia - An Iranian beauty queen who has been stranded in a Philippines airport for three weeks after Iran issued…

Iran Continues to Prevent Political Prisoner’s Transfer to Hospital

Iran-HRM - Prison authorities continue to refuse to allow political prisoner Arash Sadeghi to receive proper medical treatment in a…

Iran Executed Young Man Sentenced as Juvenile

PayvandNews - Authorities in the central prison of Karaj executed a prisoner for a murder he allegedly committed when he was…

Iran Releases Seven Political Prisoners on Bail Without Explanation

CHRI - Six Prisoners Posted Extraordinarily High Bail, Unclear Why Fellow Prisoners of Conscience Remain Jailed A Christian convert, four…

Intelligence Ministry Pressures Family Members to Cut Ties with Religious Scholar Who Criticized Supreme Leader

CHRI - Agents Install Surveillance Camera Outside Dr. Ali Asghar Gharavi’s Home Relatives and associates of moderate opposition activist Ali…

Iran Security Forces Blocking Roads To Prevent Cyrus Day Gathering

Security forces in Iran have closed major routes leading to historic Pasargadae, the site of Cyrus the Great’s tomb in…

Iran Arrests 52 People for Attending Mixed Gender Party in Northeast City

Iran-HRM - Iranian police have detained 52 men and women at a mixed-gender party in the northeastern city of Mashhad, the state-run ROKNA news…

Kurdish Political Prisoner Zeinab Jalalian Denied Medical Care Despite Serious Health Issues

Iran-HRM - Kurdish political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian who has been imprisoned for nearly 12 years, continues to be denied specialist…

Lawyer: No Evidence Against Two French Researchers Held In Iran

RFL/RE - An Iranian lawyer representing two French researchers in custody in Tehran says that prosecutors have given no evidence…

EU Supports Iran – World’s Leading Executioner of Children

gatestoneinstitute.org - European leaders, of course, who seem never to tire of sanctimoniously posturing on behalf of human rights, are…