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More than 400 influential women urge Iran to halt execution of female activist

France 24 | December 23, 2025

Four Nobel laureates and several former heads of state are among the more than 400 prominent women who have signed a letter demanding the immediate release of Zahra Tabari, an Iranian engineer facing execution. The letter, organized by a London-based association, stated that Tabari faced “execution solely for holding a banner bearing the words … Continue Reading

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Iran: UN Fact-Finding Mission alarmed by surge in repression and extraordinary spike in executions

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30 October 2025

GENEVA – The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran warned of a serious deterioration of the human rights situation in Iran following Israeli airstrikes in June, succeeded by a domestic crackdown that has further constricted civic space, undermined due process, and eroded respect for the right to life.

In the Mission’s first presentation

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When History Spews the Past

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INTERNATIONAL POLICY DIGEST | Hossein Sadeghpour | October 6, 2025

Karl Marx famously wrote in The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, that history repeats itself—“the first time as tragedy, the second as farce” (“das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce”). His meditation on the French Revolutions of 1789 and 1848—first the overthrow of the monarchy, then … Continue Reading

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UN experts appalled by unprecedented execution spree in Iran with over 1000 killed in nine months

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29 September 2025

GENEVA – Over 1000 people have been killed in less than nine months of 2025, UN experts said today, warning that the figures represented a dramatic escalation that violates international human rights law.

“The sheer scale of executions in Iran is staggering and represents a grave violation of the right to life,” the experts said. “With an … Continue Reading

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Echoes of the 1980s: A Warning from a Former Political Prisoner

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Free Iran Scholar Network | Shirin Nariman | Aug. 22, 2025

Shirin Nariman is a former political prisoner in Iran during the 1980s.

As a former political prisoner in Iran, I witnessed horrors that remain etched into my memory, nightly executions, the shouts of tortured inmates, and the constant fear that any moment could be your last. I survived the … Continue Reading

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