September 15, 2022

Death Penalty in Iran: Sharp Increase in Executions

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By Anissa Aguedal The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty June 10, 2022 https://worldcoalition.org/2022/06/10/annual-report-on-the-dea...

European Parliament resolution of 17 February 2022 on the death penalty in Iran

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The European Parliament Texts adopted  February 17, 2022 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2022-0050_EN.html

Input on "the imposition of the death penalty and its impact" to Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions

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Iran Human Rights  April 2022 https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/2022-06/imposition-death-penalty-iran.pdf

Iran's troubling execution rates show no sign of slowing down in 2022

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By Skylar Thompson Atlantic Council  February 15, 2022 https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/irans-troubling-execution-rates-show...

Women and the Death Penalty in Iran: a 12 Year Analysis

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Iran Human Rights  October 8, 2021 https://iranhr.net/en/articles/4910/ https://iranhr.net/media/files/Women_and_the_Death_Penalty_2021.pdf

Iran Human Rights Annual Reports on the Death Penalty 2008-2021

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Iran Human Rights Together Against the Death Penalty April 2021 https://www.iranhr.net/en/articles/5170/ https://iranhr.net/media/files/Annu...

Iran: Death penalty violates fundamental rights and international law, report shows

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International Federation for Human Rights October 8, 2020 https://www.fidh.org/en/region/asia/iran/iran-death-penalty-violates-fundamental-r...

No one is spared

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The widespread use of the death penalty in Iran International Federation for Human Rights October 2020 https://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/iranpdm7...

Deadly Injustice: A look at Iran's execution of 3344 Executions Since 2011

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Iran Human Rights  October 9, 2015 https://iranhr.net/en/reports/15/ https://iranhr.net/media/files/DeadlyInjustice.pdf

Death Penalty in Iran : A State Terror Policy

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International Federation for Human Rights October 10, 2013 https://www.fidh.org/en/region/asia/iran/death-penalty-in-iran-a-state-terror-pol...

Iran / death penalty

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A state terror policy Special edition for the 4th World Congress against the death penalty International Federation for Human Rights March 1...

Iran / death penalty

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A state terror policy International Federation for Human Rights April 2009 https://www.fidh.org/en/region/asia/iran/A-State-Terror-Policy ht...

Iran: The last executioner of children

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Amnesty International  June 2007 https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/059/2007/en/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/...

Cruel and Inhuman: Executions and Other Barbarities in Iran's Judicial System

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United Against Nuclear Iran  https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/cruel-and-inhuman-executions-and-other-barbarities-irans-judicial-syst...

The Iran Tribunal

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On the Abuse and Mass Killings of Political Prisoners in Iran, 1981-1988 Findings of the Truth Commission, Held 18th-22nd June, 2012 Iran Tr...
August 15, 2022

Iran: Leaked video footage from Evin prison offers rare glimpse of cruelty against prisoners

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Amnesty International August 25, 2021 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/08/iran-leaked-video-footage-from-evin-prison-offers-rare-...

Evin Prison: Mullah's Crime Scene

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Ex-Detainees Narrate to Majalla Their Experience in World's Most Dangerous Prisons By Rowshan Qassim Majalla Magazine September 10, 2021...

Forced confessions in Iran: hundreds of political prisoners tortured

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Iran Human Rights Monitor May 23, 2021 https://iran-hrm.com/2021/05/23/forced-confessions-in-iran-hundreds-of-political-prisoners-tortured/

Harrowing realities of Iran's torture chambers

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Iran Human Rights Monitor June 25, 2018 https://iran-hrm.com/2018/06/25/harrowing-realities-iran-torture/?amp

Iran: IHEU condemns torture of detainees, oppression of protests, and denial of human rights

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Humanists International March 15, 2018 https://humanists.international/2018/03/iran-iheu-condemns-torture-detainees-oppression-protests-deni...

Iran protests: deaths in custody spark human rights concerns

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By Saeed Kamali Dehghan The Guardian  January 9, 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/09/iran-protests-deaths-custody-human-right...

Few know who is held behind the tiled walls of Tehran's Evin prison

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By Doug Sauders The Globe and Mail February 19, 2007 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/news/world/few-know-who-is-held-behind-the-tiled-wa...

Turning a blind eye: Why the international community must no longer ignore torture in Iran

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Freedom from Torture December 2017 https://www.freedomfromtorture.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/2018%20iran%20report_A4_final_final_Feb%20...

"We will make you regret everything"

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Torture in Iran since the 2009 elections Freedom from Torture March 2013 https://www.freedomfromtorture.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/We%2...

Iran: Suppression of freedom, prison, torture, execution...

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A state policy of repression International Federation for Human Rights Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights December 10, 2011 http...

"Like the Dead in Their Coffins"

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Torture, Detention, and the Crushing of Dissent in Iran Human Rights Watch  June 6, 2004 https://www.hrw.org/report/2004/06/06/dead-their-co...
August 11, 2022

A man with a loaded AK-47 was arrested outside an Iranian journalist's Brooklyn home

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By Josh Campbell CNN  July 31, 2022 https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/07/31/us/iranian-journalist-masih-alinejad-man-arrested-ak-47/index.html

FBI arrests man with a military-style rifle near the home of a high-profile Iranian dissident journalist

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By Jonathan Dienst, Myles Miller and Ken Dilanian NBC News August 1, 2022 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna40882

Man, 23, armed with loaded AK-47 is arrested lurking outside dissident Iranian journalist's Brooklyn home for two days after she revealed plot to kidnap her

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By Melissa Koenig  Daily Mail July 31, 2022 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11066653/amp/Man-loaded-AK-47-arrested-lurking-outside-...

White House Says Man With AK-47 Who Stalked Dissident Journalist in Brooklyn Was Agent for Iranian Government

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By Josh Dickey The Wrap August 4, 2022 https://www.thewrap.com/iranian-journalist-masih-aliejad-ak-47-stalk-agent-iran/amp/

'It made me more determined': Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad won't stop reporting after Salman Rushdie stabbing

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By Katherine Jacobsen  The Committee to Protect Journalists  August 19, 2022 https://cpj.org/2022/08/it-made-me-more-determined-iranian-amer...

Trends in Iranian External Assassination, Surveillance, and Abduction Plots

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By Matthew Levitt Combatting Terrorisms Center February 2022 https://ctc.westpoint.edu/trends-in-iranian-external-assassination-surveillance...

Timeline: Iran's assassinations and plots to kill dissidents living abroad

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Al Arabiya July 16, 2021 https://english.alarabiya.net/amp/features/2021/07/16/Timeline-Iran-s-assassinations-and-plots-to-kill-dissidents-l...

With history of killings, abductions Turkey is no safe haven for Iranian dissidents

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By Yaghoub Fazeli Al Arabiya June 26, 2020 https://english.alarabiya.net/features/2020/06/26/With-history-of-killings-abductions-Turkey-is-n...

Turkey Convicts 14 Accused of Killing Iranian Dissident

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By Saeed Abdulrazzak Ashargh Al-Awsat July 8, 2022 https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3747461/turkey-convicts-14-accused-killing-irania...

Exclusive: Iranian diplomats instigated killing of dissident in Istanbul, Turkish officials say

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Reuters March 27, 2020 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-iran-killing-exclusive-idUSKBN21E3FU

Diplomat Assassins: Who Does Iran Kill Abroad and Why?

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By Faramarz Davar Iran Wire November 18, 2021 https://iranwire.com/en/features/67508

Iranian diplomat convicted of planning attack on opposition

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By Samuel Petrequin  AP News February 4, 2021 https://apnews.com/article/iran-trials-antwerp-france-belgium-6005db14421f60e003cfcf5a32145414

Transnational Repression: How Iran Haunts and Kills its Critics Around the World

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Iran Wire November 18, 2021 https://iranwire.com/en/politics/70803

A Chronology of Tehran's Kidnappings and Killings Abroad

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By Faramarz Davar Iran Wire Part 1 November 18, 2021 https://iranwire.com/en/politics/70809 Part 2 November 23, 2021 https://iranwire.com/en...

Without a Definitive, Coordinated Response from the International Community, Iran's Violence Abroad will not Cease

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Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights July 27, 2021 https://www.iranrights.org/newsletter/issue/120

Iranian Dissident Brutally Murdered in Toronto

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Iran Wire October 23, 2020 https://iranwire.com/en/features/67859

Tehran Continues Its Terror Campaign In Europe - Will Europeans Respond?

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By Alireza Nader and Benjamin Weinthal  Radio Farda July 22, 2020 https://en.radiofarda.com/amp/tehran-continues-its-terror-campaign-in-euro...

No Safe Haven: Iran's Global Assassination Campaign

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Iran Human Rights Documentation Center May 2008 https://iranhrdc.org/no-safe-haven-irans-global-assassination-campaign/amp/ https://iranhrdc...

Killing of Iranian dissenters: 'Bloody trail back to Tehran'

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By Rick Atkinson The Washington Post November 21, 1993 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/11/21/killing-of-iranian-dissent...
August 09, 2022

Execution rate doubled in Iran, says Amnesty

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Iran has executed at least 251 people in the first half of 2022, including women defending themselves against domestic violence. Deutsche We...

Iran: Horrific wave of executions must be stopped

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Amnesty International July 27, 2022 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/07/iran-horrific-wave-of-executions-must-be-stopped/

Rights groups denounce Iran 'execution spree'

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AFP Al Arabiya July 27, 2022 https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/07/27/Rights-groups-denounce-Iran-execution-spree-

Heightened Reign of Terror in Iran Under New Intelligence Chief

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Iran Human Rights July 11, 2022 https://iranhumanrights.org/2022/07/heightened-reign-of-terror-in-iran-under-new-intelligence-chief/

Iran: UN experts alarmed by civil society crackdown

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High Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations  June 15, 2022 https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2022/06/iran-un-experts-alarmed-civ...
August 07, 2022

EU condemns death sentences for two women in Iran

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Reuters September 13, 2022 https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/eu-condemns-death-sentences-two-women-iran-2022-09-13/

Iran: Rights groups slam death sentences for LGBTQ activists

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Deutsche Welle September 9, 2022 https://amp.dw.com/en/iran-rights-groups-slam-death-sentences-for-lgbtq-activists/a-63069473

Iran sentences two LGBT activists to death

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By David Gritten BBC News September 5, 2022 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-62793573.amp

Country Policy and Information Note

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Iran: Sexual orientation and gender identity and expression Home Office June 2022 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upload...

Iran executes 'high number' of gays, says German intelligence

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By Benjamin Weinthal The Jerusalem Post June 9, 2020 https://m.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-executes-high-number-of-gays-says-german-intellige...

Iran defends execution of gay people

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By Alistair Walsh Deutsche Welle June 12, 2019 https://m.dw.com/en/iran-defends-execution-of-gay-people/a-49144899

Iran executes gay teenager in violation of international law

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By Benjamin Weinthal Foundation for Defense of Democracies August 4, 2016 https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2016/08/04/iran-executes-gay-teenager...

Diagnosing Identities, Wounding-Bodies

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Justice For Iran  June 24, 2014 https://justice4iran.org/9226/

Denied Identity: Human Rights Abuses Against Iran's LGBT Community

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Iran Human Rights Documentation Center November 2013 https://iranhrdc.org/denied-identity-human-rights-abuses-against-irans-lgbt-community/a...

Iran: Discrimination and Violence Against Sexual Minorities

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Laws, Policies Put Already Vulnerable People at Even Greater Risk Human Rights Watch December 15, 2010 https://www.hrw.org/news/2010/12/15/i...

"We Are a Buried Generation"

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Discrimination and Violence against Sexual Minorities in Iran Human Rights Watch  December 15, 2010 https://www.hrw.org/report/2010/12/15/we...

Iran: Two More Executions for Homosexual Conduct

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Human Rights Watch  November 21, 2005 https://www.hrw.org/news/2005/11/21/iran-two-more-executions-homosexual-conduct

Iran's War on LGBT Citizens

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United Against Nuclear Iran  https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/irans-war-on-lgbt-citizens
August 06, 2022

Iranian Teachers Hold Another Nationwide Protest Amid Arrests And Crackdown

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Iran International June 16, 2022 https://www.iranintl.com/en/202206164712

Iran rounds up teachers as protests gain momentum

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Iranian teachers are joining in the protest movement against President Raisi's administration, but security forces are responding quickl...

Iran: Release Detained Teacher Activists

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More Than 20 Teachers detained Human Rights Watch May 5, 2022 https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/05/05/iran-release-detained-teacher-activists

Iranian Teachers Beaten And Arrested During Labor Day Protests

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Iran International May 1, 2022 https://www.iranintl.com/en/202205018106

Teachers Protest Again In Several Iranian Cities, With 30 Reportedly Detained

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Radio Farda April 21, 2022 https://www.rferl.org/amp/iran-teachers-protest/31814521.html

Reformist Paper In Iran Cites Teacher Protests In More Than 100 Cities

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Radio Farda  February 20, 2022 https://www.rferl.org/amp/iran-teachers-protests-100-cities/31712708.html

The Fight for Teachers' Rights Exposes the Government's Illegitimacy

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By Javad Motevali Iran Wire February 11, 2022 https://iranwire.com/en/teachers-rights/71296

Iranian Teachers Stage Protests in 200 Cities, Demanding Better Pay

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By Roshanak Astaraki Kayhan Life February 9, 2022 https://kayhanlife.com/society/human-rights/iranian-teachers-stage-protests-in-200-cities-...

'They Won't Listen. So We Take to the Streets': Teachers' Protests Continue

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By Javad Motevali Iran Wire January 14, 2022 https://iranwire.com/en/teachers-rights/71115

Furious Teachers Hold Fourth Rallies Over Fair Pay and Jailed Colleagues

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Iran Wire January 13, 2022 https://iranwire.com/en/teachers-rights/71108

Iran clamps down on teachers demanding fair pay

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Iran's teachers are protesting poor salaries and working conditions in the face of runaway inflation. The government, however, is treati...

Dozens Of Teachers Arrested In Iran During Protests

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Radio Farda  May 3, 2019 https://en.radiofarda.com/a/dozens-of-teachers-arrested-in-iran-during-protests/29917968.html

Iranian teachers strike in protest at tough living conditions

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Middle East Monitor March 10, 2017 https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170310-iranian-teachers-strike-in-protest-at-tough-living-conditions/...

Iran cracks down on teachers' pay protests

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By Robert Tait The Guardian  March 16, 2007 https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2007/mar/16/iran.roberttait

Absolute Illiteracy Affects 8-11 Million People In Iran

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Radio Farda July 9, 2019 https://en.radiofarda.com/amp/absolute-illiteracy-affects-8-11-million-people-in-iran/30045351.html

Iran: Labor Protests Surge

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Unpaid Wages, Unsafe Work Conditions, Arbitrary Arrests, Prosecutions Human Rights Watch April 29, 2022 https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/04/29/...
August 03, 2022

Iranian Pensioners Protest Again, Demand Full Hike In Pensions As Promised

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Radio Farda July 21, 2022 https://www.rferl.org/amp/iran-pensioners-protest-38-percent/31954146.html

Retirees Hold Another Round Protests Against Iran's Government

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Iran International  July 2, 2022 https://www.iranintl.com/en/202207023087

Iranian Pensioners Continue Protests Amid Economic Woes

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Radio Farda June 7, 2022 https://www.rferl.org/amp/iran-protests-economy-pensioners/31887560.html

Videos: Pensioners Across Iran Protest Government 'Deceit'

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Iran Wire June 7, 2022 https://iranwire.com/en/economy/104618-retirees-hold-mass-protests-in-iran-over-social-security-deceit

"Suffering" Iranian Retirees Joining Nationwide Protests Against Chronic State Failures

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Center for Human Rights in Iran  January 19, 2021 https://iranhumanrights.org/2021/01/suffering-iranian-retirees-joining-nationwide-protests...
August 01, 2022

UN human rights experts urge Iran to abandon restrictive internet bill

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The High Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations  March 1, 2022 https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2022/03/un-human-rights-experts...

Iran: Human Rights Groups Sound Alarm Against Draconian Internet Bill

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Joint Statement by 50+ Rights Groups Human Rights Watch  March 17, 2022 https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/03/17/iran-human-rights-groups-sound-a...

Bill Increasing Surveillance and Censorship of Internet Moves Forward in Iran

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Center for Human Rights in Iran  February 24, 2022 https://iranhumanrights.org/2022/02/bill-increasing-surveillance-and-censorship-of-intern...

As the world focuses on Ukraine, Iran is on the verge of becoming an internet black hole

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The regime is about to pass a new law that would criminalise VPNs and stifle any remaining internet freedoms in the country By Raksha Kumar ...

Iran: Parliament moves to ratify central elements of oppressive Internet Bill

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Article 19 February 22, 2022 https://www.article19.org/resources/iran-parliament-ratifies-central-elements-of-oppressive-internet-bill/

Iran's Leaders Are Scared of the Internet

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They should be more scared of shutting it off. By Kourosh Ziabari Foreign Policy  June 6, 2022 https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/06/06/iran-int...

Iran's 'User Protection Bill' Shelved by MPs

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Iran Wire  February 23, 2022 https://iranwire.com/en/technology/71355/

Iran's Parliament Adopts Bill To Further Restrict Internet

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Iran International February 22, 2022 https://www.iranintl.com/en/202202228591

Iranian bill aims to reinforce "digital wall" and online censorship

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Reporters Without Borders  September 24, 2020 https://rsf.org/en/iranian-bill-aims-reinforce-digital-wall-and-online-censorship

Iran's parliament moves forward with troubling bill to further restrict internet

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The Committee to Protect Journalists November 1, 2021 https://cpj.org/2021/11/iran-parliament-bill-restrict-internet/amp/

New "Protection" Bill on Internet Freedom

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By Mahsa Alimardani The Iran Primer  February 23, 2022 https://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2021/oct/14/internet-freedom-iran-and-new-protection...

Iran: Outrage after government puts Google on Safe Search for all Iranians

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Middle East Eye  July 30, 2022 https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-google-safe-search-outrage
July 29, 2022

Covid-19 Cases Multiplying In Iran

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Iran International  July 9, 2022 https://www.iranintl.com/en/202207095308

Iran leader bans import of U.S., UK COVID-19 vaccines, demands sanctions end

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By Parisa Hafezi Reuters  January 8, 2021 https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-iran-int-idUSKBN29D0YC

'There isn't a single stretcher left' in Iran as 'apocalyptic' wave of Covid-19 hits

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Iranians are facing a fourth wave of Covid-19 and it is shaping up to be the worst since the start of the pandemic. According to official fi...

Iran At Risk Of COVID-19 Fifth Wave As Homegrown Vaccine Campaign Stalls

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Reuters  Radio Farda  July 14, 2021 https://www.rferl.org/amp/iran-at-risk-of-covid-19-fifth-wave-as-homegrown-vaccine-campaign-stalls/31356...

Iran facing its deadliest coronavirus surge after banning import on US vaccines

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Ayatollah Khamanei banned US and UK vaccine imports in January. By Guy Davies ABC News August 12, 2021 https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Internatio...

Iran: Government Mismanagement Compounds Covid-19 Crisis

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Vaccine Prohibitions, Poor Transparency Undermining Response Human Rights Watch August 19, 2021 https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/08/19/iran-gov...

Iran's COVID-19 Pandemic Response: Mission Critical

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By John Calabrese Middle East Institute  August 17, 2021 https://www.mei.edu/publications/irans-covid-19-pandemic-response-mission-critical

Iran confronts coronavirus amid a 'battle between science and conspiracy theories'

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Sanctions, distrust, and misinformation hamper pandemic response By Richard Stone Science  March 29, 2020 https://www.science.org/content/ar...

Iranian authorities revoke approval for MSF coronavirus treatment center

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MSF remains ready to deploy its emergency team and inflatable 50-bed hospital elsewhere in Iran or to other countries urgently needing suppo...

Iranian Officials Stole More Than $1 Billion in Humanitarian Coronavirus Funds, Pompeo Says

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By Adam Kredo The Washington Free Beacon March 23, 2020 https://freebeacon.com/national-security/iranian-officials-stole-more-than-1-billion...

IranWire Exclusive: Document Proves the Iranian Government Ignored Warnings about Coronavirus

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By Shahed Alavi Iran Wire March 20, 2020 https://iranwire.com/en/features/66831

Iran: Leaked official letters reveal state denial of COVID-19 crisis in prisons

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Amnesty International  July 31, 2020 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/07/iran-leaked-letters-reveal-state-denial-of-covid19-crisi...

Iran's Covid death toll may be four times the government's official tally, says top doctor

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Iran's doctors are urging the government to take decisive action, citing "unacceptable mortality rates." By Dan De Luce and Le...

Timeline: Six Waves of COVID-19

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The Iran Primer March 22, 2022 https://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2021/mar/23/one-year-covid-timeline

Treasury Issues Additional COVID-19-related Sanctions Authorizations and Guidance

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U.S. Department of the Treasury June 17, 2021 https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0234

Guidance on the Sale of Food, Agricultural Commodities, Medicine, and Medical Devices by Non-U.S. Persons to Iran

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U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control July 25, 2013 https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/126/iran_guidance_med....

Clarifying Guidance on Humanitarian Assistance and Related Exports to the Iranian People

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U.S. Department of the Treasury  Office of Foreign Assets Control February 6, 2013 https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/126/hum_exp_iran.p...
July 28, 2022

Researchers say Iran's doing nothing to protect young people from addiction

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Addiction among young Iranians is worrying experts who say that as confusion and inconsistency characterize the country's handling of th...

Video of street drug use illustrates Iran's growing addiction problem

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France 24 The Observers May 21, 2021 https://amp.observers.france24.com/en/middle-east/20210521-video-of-street-drug-use-illustrates-iran-s-...

Torture and humiliation reported norm at Iran's rehab facilities

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By Alijani Ershad The Observers February 9, 2021 https://amp.observers.france24.com/en/middle-east/20210210-rehab-centre-iran-drug-addict-vi...

Iranian Use More Than Two Tons Of Narcotics Every Day

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Radio Farda July 15, 2019 https://en.radiofarda.com/amp/iranian-use-more-than-two-tons-of-narcotics-every-day/30056090.html

Number of drug addicts in Iran 'doubles' in six years

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Rocketing Taliban opium production in neighbouring Afghanistan is fuelling epidemic, heath officials say The Independent  June 26, 2017 http...

Iran's drug problem: Addicts 'more than double' in six years

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BBC News June 25, 2017 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40397727.amp

Iran's growing drug problem: 'No walk of society is immune'

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By Rahim Mostaghim and Shashank Bengali  Los Angeles Times December 19, 2016 https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-iran-drug-addiction-2016-st...

Drug abuse in Iran rising despite executions, police raids

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By Ali Akbar Dareini Associated Press The San Diego Union-Tribune February 12, 2015 https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-drug-abuse-in-...

Hooked in Iran, where addiction rates are world's highest

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The UN drug office estimates that 2.2% of the population are addicts By Lara Marlowe The Irish Times June 17, 2014 https://www.irishtimes.co...

Methamphetamine Use Soars in Iran as Lifestyles Speed Up

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Reuters VOA News December 8, 2014 https://www.voanews.com/amp/reu-methamphetamine-use-soars-in-iran-lifestyles-speed-up/2549904.html

Iran's hidden scourge: widespread drug abuse at all levels of society

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By Paul Koring The Globe And Mail May 27, 2012 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/news/world/irans-hidden-scourge-widespread-drug-abuse-at-...

Iran has 130,000 new drug addicts each year-report

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Reuters November 15, 2009 https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSDAH544630
July 27, 2022

Selling sex to survive in Iran

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By Amir Nategh BBC News March 17, 2022 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-60661875.amp

Temporary marriage in Iran and women's rights

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By Fariba Parsa Middle East Institute January 13, 2021 https://www.mei.edu/publications/temporary-marriage-iran-and-womens-rights

Former Iran Football Chief Slams Government For Women's Stadium Ban

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By Maryam Sinaee Iran International  April 3, 2022 https://www.iranintl.com/en/202204031318

Inside Tehran's Sex Trade, A Business Hiding In Plain Sight

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By Margot Buff March 07, 2021 Radio Farda  https://www.rferl.org/amp/iran-prostitution-sex-workers/31133070.html

Sex workers in Iran

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The Regime's Denial Means They Have Little Access to Support By Fayrouz Ramadan Zada Majalla May 7, 2021 https://eng.majalla.com/node/13...

Is Tbilisi the New Capital for Iranian Sex Workers?

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By Arash Azizi Iran Wire August 7, 2018 https://iranwire.com/en/features/65451

Iranian Women and Dubai's Sex Market

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By Aida Qajar Iran Wire June 16, 2014 https://iranwire.com/en/society/60216

Experts say generation gap leading cause of runaways, prostitution in Iran

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Many turn to prostitution as a means to financial independence and liberation from strict societal norms. Most girls active in the Tehran se...

Inside modern Iran, where porn and prostitution are rampant

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By Larry Getlen New York Post August 30, 2014 https://nypost.com/2014/08/30/inside-modern-iran-where-porn-and-prostitution-are-rampant/amp/

2021 Trafficking in Persons Report: Iran

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U.S. Department of State  Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-trafficking-in-persons-repo...
July 26, 2022

Iran Loses Highly Educated and Skilled Citizens during Long-Running "Brain Drain"

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By Hassan Mahmoudi Migration Policy Institute  April 22, 2021 https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/iran-brain-drain-emigration

Why do professional Iranians emigrate abroad (brain drain)?

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By Cyrus Yaqubi Atalayar December 9, 2021 https://atalayar.com/en/blog/why-do-professional-iranians-emigrate-abroad-brain-drain

Conservative Website Says Next President Must Tackle Iran's Brain Drain

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By Maryam Sinaiee Iran International May 29, 2021 https://old.iranintl.com/en/iran/conservative-website-says-next-president-must-tackle-iran...

Businessman Warns, Instability Worsening Brain Drain From Iran

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Iran International  February 15, 2022 https://www.iranintl.com/en/202202157568

Iran's brain drain: The impact of poverty and inflation

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By Hossein Beizayi Iran News Wire November 1, 2021 https://irannewswire.org/irans-brain-drain-the-impact-of-poverty-inflation/?amp

Iran's Growing Brain Drain Disaster

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By Heshmat Alavi Vocal Europe  December 03, 2017 https://www.vocaleurope.eu/irans-growing-brain-drain-disaster/

Goodbye, genius: How Iran's best and brightest are leaving the country

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As hospitals, universities and tech companies struggle to fill highly-skilled positions, Iranian smugglers say business is booming Middle Ea...

Fact Check: Does Iran Suffer From a Brain Drain and How Serious Is It?

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Iran Wire May 3, 2020 https://iranwire.com/en/fact-checking/67003
July 25, 2022

Iran economist says 60 million Iranians live in poverty, 30 million unemployed

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Iran News Wire September 23, 2020 https://irannewswire.org/iran-economist-says-60-million-iranians-live-in-poverty-30-million-unemployed/?am...

Statistics Suggest Half Of Iranians Living In Poverty

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By Maryam Sinaee Iran International  October 8, 2020 https://old.iranintl.com/en/iran/statistics-suggest-half-iranians-living-poverty

One Out Of Every Two Iranians Lives Below Poverty Line, Says Report

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Iran International  October 11, 2020 https://old.iranintl.com/en/iran/one-out-every-two-iranians-lives-below-poverty-line-says-report

Iran Enters A New Economic Era Marked By Poverty

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Iran International  August 23, 2021 https://old.iranintl.com/en/iran/iran-enters-new-economic-era-marked-poverty

Iranians Enter a New Century Poorer and Less Hopeful for the Future

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By Ali Ranjipour Iran Wire March 18, 2021 https://iranwire.com/en/features/69201

Poverty Rate in Iran 'Doubled' in Three Years

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Iran Wire November 2, 2021 https://iranwire.com/en/features/70683