Time for Western Democracies to Stand with Iranian People Townhall | Homeira Hesami | Jun 10, 2023 Iran has been rocked by anti-government protests for years but the uprising that began in September 2022 is fundamentally different. With citizens taking to the streets, they are now
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Stop the Execution Spree in Iran Amnesty International | June 1, 2023 The Iranian authorities are carrying out a horrific state-sanctioned killing spree under the guise of judicial executions. Those executed include people convicted of drug-related offences, protesters, political dissidents, and members of oppressed ethnic minorities. Call for states to urgently intervene to pressure the
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Iran: Khamenei Sets Unprecedented Execution Record The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) | May 7, 2023 Khamenei Sets Unprecedented Execution Record to Avoid Overthrow 16 executions on Thursday, 44 executions in one week, including 23 Baluch compatriots In an effort to save his regime from being overthrown, Khamenei has set
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Who is poisoning Iran’s schoolgirls? Is the regime responsible — and does Russia play a role? Stimson Center | April 27, 2023 Editor’s note: While the Stimson Center rarely publishes anonymous work, the author of this commentary is a Tehran-based analyst who has requested anonymity out of legitimate concern for their
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Iran executions up 75% as Tehran seeks to ‘instill fear’ in protesters, rights groups say CNN | By Kareem El Damanhoury and Joseph Ataman | April 14, 2023 CNN – Iran executed at least 582 people last year, a 75% increase on the previous year, according
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Iran: Deliberate poisoning of schoolgirls Iran: Deliberate poisoning of schoolgirls further evidence of continuous violence against women and girls United Nations | 16 March 2023 GENEVA (16 March 2023) – UN experts* today expressed outrage at the deliberate poisoning of more than 1200 schoolgirls in Iran’s major cities and the State’s failure
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MEPs Call for UN Probe of Iran Student Poisonings By AFP – Agence France Presse | March 16, 2023 The European Parliament on Thursday demanded a UN investigation into the poisoning of thousands of school girls in Iran, accusing Tehran of trying to suppress reports of the incidents. In a
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Iran: Deliberate poisoning of schoolgirls Iran: Deliberate poisoning of schoolgirls further evidence of continuous violence against women and girls United Nations | 16 March 2023 GENEVA (16 March 2023) – UN experts* today expressed outrage at the deliberate poisoning of more than 1200 schoolgirls in Iran’s major cities and the State’s failure
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CHILD DETAINEES IN IRAN SUBJECTED TO FLOGGING, SHOCKS AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE CHILD DETAINEES IN IRAN SUBJECTED TO FLOGGING, ELECTRIC SHOCKS AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN BRUTAL PROTEST CRACKDOWN Amnesty International | March 16, 2023 Iran’s intelligence and security forces have been committing horrific acts of torture, including beatings, flogging, electric shocks, rape
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Iran: Chilling Execution Spree Amnesty International | March 2, 2023 Iran: Chilling execution spree with escalating use of death penalty against persecuted ethnic minorities The Iranian authorities have executed at least one Ahwazi Arab, 14 Kurds and 13 Baluchis following grossly unfair trials, and sentenced at least a dozen others to
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