VOA | 11/3/2023
AFP, PARIS — More than 600 people have been executed by Iran so far this year, already the highest figure in eight years with two months of 2023 to go, a rights group said Friday.
There were nine executions in a single day in a prison outside Tehran this week, while two people face execution after being … Continue Reading
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a new United Nations report says
UNITED NATIONS (AP) | BY EDITH M. LEDERER | November 2, 2023
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran is carrying out executions “at an alarming rate,” putting to death at least 419 people in the first seven months of the year, the United Nations chief said in a new report. That’s a 30% increase from … Continue Reading
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Why is Biden ignoring Iran’s influence in the Hamas attacks? It’s simple — politics.
THE HILL | BY LIZ PEEK | 10/12/23
Critics of Joe Biden are furious that in his denunciations of the terror attacks on Israel he has not once mentioned Iran.
They don’t get it. If Biden blames Tehran for masterminding and funding the horrific killings of … Continue Reading
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Iran: Independent investigation into schoolgirl’s critical injuries needed amid mounting evidence of a cover up
Amnesty International | October 6, 2023
The international community must demand that the Iranian authorities allow the UN Fact-Finding Mission and other independent monitors to enter the country to investigate the circumstances leading to the hospitalization of 16-year-old Armita Garawand, who fell unconscious on a … Continue Reading
Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize
Reuters | Gwladys Fouche and Tom Little | October 6, 2023
OSLO, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Imprisoned Iranian women’s rights advocate Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a rebuke to Tehran’s theocratic leaders and boost for anti-government protesters, prompting the Islamic Republic’s condemnation.
The award-making committee said … Continue Reading
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