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Fears grow for women’s rights activists jailed in Iran after 87 executions in one month

There are fears for the fates of women’s rights activists imprisoned in Iran after a surge in executions since the election of Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, in July. ...
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New Wave of State Murders in Iran

There’s been a massive wave of executions in Iran recently – in short, a killing spree. We’ve highlighted the issue before in the Daily Brief, but the latest numbers ...
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Filmmaker jailed in Iran for refusing plot against Masih Alinejad

Iran International has learned that Iranian filmmaker Navid Mihandoust was jailed for refusing to cooperate with Iran's Intelligence Ministry in targeting US-based journalist and women's rights activist Masih Alinejad
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Iran: Alarming Surge in Executions

Iranian authorities have reportedly executed at least 87 people in the month after the presidential elections in late June, 2024, Human Rights Watch said today. Among those executed was ...
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Iran’s execution spree continues with eight more prisoners hanged

The Iranian government executed at least eight more prisoners early Monday morning, according to reports from human rights groups, with hundreds already hanged in 2024. This latest round of ...
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Iran hangs final defendant in 2008 case after ‘unfair trial’

Iranian authorities on Thursday executed Kurdish man Kamran Sheikheh, the last surviving defendant in a case linked to a Muslim cleric's killing in 2008, rights groups said. Sheikheh, one ...
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