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Iran: Officials responsible for finger-amputations must face accountability for torture

Amnesty International | July 31, 2025

Responding to the Iranian authorities’ use of a guillotine machine to amputate the fingers of three men in Urumieh Central Prison on 30 July as corporal punishment imposed after a grossly unfair, torture-tainted trial, Hussein Baoumi, Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International, said:

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The Landmark UN Report Decrying Iran’s 1988 Massacre as Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide

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July 22, 2025

The following report has been reposted on its anniversary, due to its significance.

London, 22 July 2024: Justice for the Victims of the 1988 Massacre in Iran (JVMI) welcomes the landmark report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Iran on the 1988 massacre and Iran’s other atrocity crimes published for the first time today on the … Continue Reading

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The Israel-Iran Ceasefire is a Lie

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National Security Journal | Andrew Latham | July 4, 2025

Key Points and Summary on Iran’s Nuclear Program and Israel – The recent ceasefire between Israel and Iran is a dangerous illusion—a temporary pause, not a resolution.

-Israel’s “Operation Rising Lion,” which successfully degraded Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, has set back Tehran’s breakout time but has not ended its nuclear ambitions.… Continue Reading

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Iranian Nobel Laureate Says War Dealt Big Blow to Fight for Democracy

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Wall Street Journal | Sune Engel Rasmussen | June 2, 2025

After Israel’s 12-day war dealt a severe blow to the leadership of Iran, one of the country’s leading human-rights defenders warns that authorities will turn on their own people to consolidate power.

“The situation for Iranian people is more dangerous now than before the war,” Narges Mohammadi, who in

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Maryam Rajavi: What is the Fundamental Issue in Iran?

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Speech at the European Parliament, Strasbourg | June 18, 2025

Honorable Members of the European Parliament,
Dear friends,
I am honored to once again stand before you — the elected representatives of the people of Europe — who have stood firmly with the people of Iran and the Iranian Resistance in their struggle for freedom and democracy.
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