September, 2, 2020
Widespread torture including beatings, floggings, electric shocks, stress positions, mock executions, waterboarding, sexual violence, forced administration of chemical substances, and deprivation of medical care
Hundreds subjected to grossly unfair trials on baseless national security charges
Death sentences issued based on torture-tainted “confessions”
Iran’s police, intelligence and security forces, and prison officials have committed, with the complicity […]
EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press•August 6, 2020
Pompeo wants Iran arms embargo extension vote at UN on this matter.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations called Iran “the world’s number one sponsor of terrorism” on Thursday and warned Russia and China that they will become “co-sponsors” if they block a resolution to extend the […]
Protesters, journalists and women who refuse to wear a hijab all risk facing trial in Iran. But many of the lawyers trained to fight for those defendants are already in jail.
According to a recent report from the Center for Human Rights in Iran, nine human rights attorneys in Iran have been arrested or disbarred in […]
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Iran News Wire (@IranNW) December 22, 2018
The extent and the increase of the #IranProtests indicates that almost all of the 80 million strong population opposes the ruling system, as Iranians blame the regime for Iran’s economic downfall & social harms.https://t.co/mc8iW8VYWb
Dec 24 – Varzaneh, Isfahan Province, central #Iran
Third day of farmers protesting and demanding their […]
“The US will consider sanctions on those entities participating in these tactics,” Richard Grenell said, adding the French and German activities “would not be a smart move.”
BY BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
NOVEMBER 28, 2018 18:41
The US government will contemplate sanctions against French and German entities that seek to evade sanctions on Iran’s clerical regime, US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell told The Jerusalem […]
“Acting From Inside Iran,” Iranian regime agents Indicted Today Deployed Ransomware to Extort U.S. Hospitals, Municipalities, and Public Institutions, Causing Over $30 Million in Losses.
Justice Department Briefing, November 28, 2018
Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski Delivers Remarks at the “SamSam” Ransomware Press Conference
Washington, DC ~ Wednesday, November 28, 2018. Remarks: https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/assistant-attorney-general-brian-benczkowski-delivers-remarks-samsam-ransomware-press
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BY TZVI KAHN, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 10/31/18
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL
The Trump administration has repeatedly condemned Iran for its domestic repression, but it can do much more. To hold the Islamic Republic accountable and express solidarity with Iranians seeking reform, Washington should continue sanctioning the regime’s most egregious […]
By Golnar Motevalli, Bloomberg Businessweek
April 18, 2018,
Ahmad, who runs an advertising agency in a busy commercial district of Tehran, has given up trying to get a business loan from any of the dozens of lenders just a short walk from his office.
Finding a bank in Iran is easy. The challenge is finding one that will […]
DW, April 12
On Thursday, the European Union prolonged sanctions against Iran for its human rights record until 2019.
The […]
January 5, 2018
The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting at the request of the U.S. to discuss the ongoing political protests in Iran. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said the U.S. “stands unapologetically with those in Iran who seek freedom for themselves….” She added, “The Iranian regime is now on notice. The world will […]
