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Meet the Jailed Husband of Iran’s Most Prominent Women’s Rights Defender
Reza Khandan describes life in prison and his fight against mandatory hijab laws alongside his wife, Nasrin Sotoudeh ...
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Iran’s supreme leader issues pardon for ‘tens of thousands’ of prisoners
The Norway-based Iran Human Rights group said this week that at least 100 detained protesters faced possible death sentences. Amnesty International has criticised Iranian authorities for what it ...
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‘They still want a regime change.’ Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh says the anger behind Iran’s protests remains
A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer has told CNN that while ... as decades of bitterness over the regime’s treatment of women and other issues boiled over after the death of 22-year-old ...
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UN Secretary-General Raises Human Rights Issues With Iran’s President
The spokesperson for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday that the U.N. chief met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in New York this week and raised human rights issues in light ...
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Outrage as Iran regime chairs United Nations Human Rights Council body despite 'alarming' abuses
The Human Rights Council in May appointed Iranian Ambassador Ali Bahreini as ... to freedom of opinion and expression – among other issues. Dujarric and Guterres have previously deflected ...
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Iran unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel peace laureate, UN expert says
Read full article: UVA issues shelter in place for an active ... (Bleecker Street via AP) Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi is seen in a meeting on women's rights in Tehran ...
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Trump Shouldn’t Forget the Iranian People
U.S. negotiators have a range of issues they can use as leverage, as outlined by the recommendations in the March 2025 report of the special rapporteur on human rights in Iran, such as demanding ...
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US issues fresh Iran sanctions over alleged human rights violations
WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The United States issued a new round of Iran sanctions on Wednesday targeting 12 individuals who it said were tied to Tehran's "ongoing, violent repression of the ...
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Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate hospitalized with severe health issues
It said that just transferring her to the hospital will not address the severe health issues caused by ... Peace Prize and the second Iranian woman after human rights activist Shirin Ebadi in ...
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EU Agrees to Add New Sanctions on Iran Over Human Rights Issues
The European Union agreed to impose new sanctions on Iran after a deadly crackdown on recent protests over the death of a young Iranian woman, according to EU diplomats. The bloc’s executive arm ...
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Iran's supreme leader issues pardon for 'tens of thousands' of prisoners
The Norway-based Iran Human Rights group said this week that at least 100 detained protesters faced possible death sentences. Amnesty International has criticised Iranian authorities for what it ...