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Iran Reports ‘Terrorist Attack’ On Cargo Ship In Mediterranean Sea

RFL/RE - An Iranian state-owned company says one of its cargo vessels was targeted this week by what it called…

3 Iranian Arab Dissidents Showed Signs of Torture Before Execution, Activist Says

VOA - An exiled Iranian Arab rights activist has revealed that three minority Arab dissidents executed by Iran’s Islamist authorities…

Joint NGO Statement to Member States of the United Nations Human Rights Council

HRW - Statement to Member States of the United Nations Human Rights Council : Your Excellency, We, the undersigned Iranian…

Iranian Courts are Unlawfully Banishing Political Prisoners Into “Prison Exile”

CHRI -Iran’s judicial system has a long, documented history of sentencing detainees held on politically motivated charges to “exile”—prolonged banishment to a…

Atlas: The Launch of IranWire’s Website Dedicated to Religious Minorities

Iranwire - IranWire’s Atlas of Religious Minorities website officially started publishing on March 10, 2021.   Currently, the site is only…

IRAN: JOINT LETTER: IRANIAN AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS CALL FOR THE RENEWAL OF THE MANDATE OF THE UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON IRAN

Amnesty - Joint letter by Iranian and international human rights organisations, calling for the renewal of the mandate of the…

Lawsuit by Civil Rights Activists Reignites Debate on Solitary Confinement in Iran’s Prisons

CHRI - Use of Solitary Confinement Not Supported Under Iranian law Key Findings: Civil rights activists have filed a lawsuit in Tehran…

Palestinians: Why Terrorists Support Mass Murderers

gatestoneinstitute.org - For Hamas and Islamic Jihad, what matters is the money and weapons coming from Iran. They see Soleimani…

Khamenei stands defiant on Iran’s regional military presence

Al-Monitor - Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei claimed that the Islamic Republic’s presence in countries such as Iraq and Syria is not…

Leaked Government Document Exposes Policies Against Baha’is and Dervishes

Iranwire - Orders targeting Iran's Baha'i religious minority and instructing local security agencies and government departments to "conduct strict controls"…