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 death since the start of the year, marking a chilling escalation in the … Continue Reading
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Iran: Swift action by UNHRC essential after latest horrifying protester killings
Amnesty International | November 22, 2022
UN Human Rights Council member states must urgently establish an investigative and accountability mechanism on Iran to address the alarming spike in unlawful killings and other human rights violations, Amnesty International said today, following a week in which the Iranian security forces shot … Continue Reading
Iran Protests Spread with Uprising at Prison
Activists say prisoners chanted anti government slogans;
Parliament clears police in Mahsa Amini’s death.
The fire Saturday at Evin Prison in Tehran, which the U.S. says is a political prison for dissidents and foreigners and is known to hold demonstrators from recent protests.
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Congressmen McClintock and Cohen Condemn Iranian Crackdown
September 29, 2022 | Press Release
WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Tom McClintock (CA-04) and Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Iran Human Rights and Democracy Caucus, issued the following statement condemning the brutality of the Iranian regime’s revolutionary guards and expressing support for protesters following the death of Mahsa Amini:
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Albania cuts Iran ties over cyberattack, U.S. vows further action
TIRANA, Sept 7, 2022 (Reuters) – Albania severed diplomatic relations with Iran on Wednesday and kicked out its diplomats after a cyberattack in July it blamed on the Islamic Republic, a move Washington supported as it vowed to take action in response to the attack on its NATO ally.
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