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UN Report Decries Iran ‘Pattern’ Of Abuses In Prisons

RFL/RE – A new United Nations report criticizes the Iranian government for its continued crackdown on freedom of expression and restrictions on access to information, while detainees appeared to be systematically subjected to abuse, including torture and rape. The report published on March 5 was drafted by Asma Jahangir, a Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer serving as UN special …

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Netanyahu Tells Trump That Iran Must Be Stopped

VOA – “Iran must be stopped; that is our common challenge,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday.

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Iran Executions: Five Prisoners Hanged in Four Cities

Iran Human Rights – Five prisoners were executed at Ilam, Hamadan, Kermanshah, and Urmia central prisons on murder charges.

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Tehran Police Chief Says Man Accused of Killing Policemen Will Be “Punished by Hanging”

CHRI – The alleged driver of a bus that was driven into three policemen and two members of the Basij volunteer militia, killing them all during recent clashes between the police and Sufi followers of the Gonabadi Order in Tehran, could be executed within weeks. “With the coordination that has taken place with the judiciary, the bus driver that drove …

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Environmentalists Detained in Crackdown Denied Legal Counsel Amid Claims Some Were “Jewish Spies”

CHRI – “No one knows if they are well or where they are being held.” Several environmentalists who were arrested by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Intelligence Organization in January 2018 continue to be denied access to legal counsel more than six weeks into their detention.

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