Iranian-American activists press Biden to be tough on Iran’s new president in UN speech

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       Iranian-American activists press Biden to be tough on Iran’s new president in UN speech

Call for Iranian president to face trial for crimes against humanity

Yahoo News     |     John Bowden    |     Sep. 16, 2021

Several hundred Iranian-American activists have signed a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to strike an aggressive tone against Iran’s new president when the … Continue Reading

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Iran: A decade of deaths in custody unpunished

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Iran: A decade of deaths in custody unpunished amid systemic impunity for torture

Amnesty International     |     Sep. 15, 2021

Iranian authorities have failed to provide accountability for at least 72 deaths in custody since January 2010, despite credible reports that they resulted from torture or other ill-treatment or the lethal use of firearms and tear gas by officials, said Amnesty … Continue Reading

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Iran: A decade of deaths in custody unpunished amid systemic impunity for torture

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Iran: A decade of deaths in custody unpunished amid systemic impunity for torture

Amnesty International     |     Sep. 15, 2021

Iranian authorities have failed to provide accountability for at least 72 deaths in custody since January 2010, despite credible reports that they resulted from torture or other ill-treatment or the lethal use of firearms and tear gas by officials, said Amnesty … Continue Reading

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‘I chose beatings over solitary confinement’

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‘I chose beatings over solitary confinement’

this is what it was like to be locked up in prison in Tehran

 

Yahoo News     |     Mostafa Naderi     |     10 September 2021

Last week, leaked surveillance footage showed shocking abuses of prisoners in Iran’s Evin prison. Watching the videos reminded me of my years in Evin – with one notable difference: … Continue Reading

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Iran’s new president has blood on his hands

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Iran’s new president has blood on his hands

Atlantic Council     |      by Nasser Mohajer and Kaveh Yazdani     |     Sep. 8, 2021

Ebrahim Raisi, a conservative and mid-ranking cleric, was inaugurated as president of the Islamic Republic of Iran on August 5. His election in June was a foregone conclusion as the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, breached conventions to pave the … Continue Reading

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