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By Al Arabiya

Reports of torture of three female Syrian activists arrested for protesting raised concerns across the country.

Noran al-Ghamian, 20, her mother Lina Mahayni, 52, and Nagat Murshid, 57, were arrested on May 27 while taking part in a protest to condemn the al-Houla massacre.

Osama Murshid, the third woman's son, was also arrested with them.

There is no information on their whereabouts since and reports of them being tortured in…

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For years it was assumed that economic sanctions and diplomacy would produce a pliable negotiating partner in Iran. But Iran's truculence has effectively undermined the once-popular notion, while a degree of confusion and consternation has gripped the international community. The often-unstated hope is that denial of critical technologies and sabotage can slow the Islamic Republic's nuclear program until, somehow, an alternative strategy, or an…

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March 16, 2013 | Members of the Al-Hiwar Institute, a civil rights group, who are on death row in Iran were recently nominated for an international prize sponsored by the Train Foundation. According to this New York-based organization, the annual Civil Courage Prize was founded to draw attention to “extraordinary heroes of conscience” and is awarded to individuals who have demonstrated “steadfast resistance to evil at great personal risk.”

The…

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Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's government said it will withdraw support for Inpex Holdings Inc.'s $2.5 billion Azadegan oil project if the United Nations imposes sanctions on Iran for refusing to curtail nuclear research.

"Generally speaking, we'll comply with it if the UN takes such measures and if the sanctions are intended for Azadegan project," Vice Trade Minister Takao Kitabata told reporters today in Tokyo.

Iran has threatened to revo…

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Iran Human Rights, April 4: Iran Human Rights will present the "Annual report on the death penalty in Iran 2012" with the French NGO "Ensemble Contre la Peine de Morte" (ECPM) today.

PDF version of the full report can be uploaded here:

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A short version of the report is presented below.

Introduction:

The fifth annual report of Iran Human Rights (IHR) on the death penalty in Iran is an assessment of how the death penalty was used…

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Ahwazi political prisoner Hadi Rashedi has been moved by the Intelligence Services from Karoon Prison to an unknown location on Wednesday 08/08/2013, prompting fears that he is in danger of imminent execution. According to informed sources, he had pledged to begin a hunger strike if he was taken from prison, despite his ill health. Hashem Shaabani was also moved from Karoon prison to an undisclosed location two weeks ago, prompting concern th…

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Ahwazi Human Rights Organisation (AHRO) welcomes the calls of halt execution of four Ahwazi Arab activists by the Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Iran Human Rights Documentation Centre. The execution of Ahwazi Arab activists from Falahiya (Shadegan), had been issued by the Revolutionary Court in December 2012. This is a great attempt in which put the Iranian regime more under pressure in order to achieve nations human rights fo…

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Posted By Alireza Nader, Robert Stewart Wednesday, April 3, 2013 -

http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/04/03/iran_s_forgotten_ethnic_minorities

The role and plight of ethnic minorities in Iranian society tends to receive little attention from Western analysts and policymakers. This may be largely due to the predominance of Tehran as the focal point of Iranian culture, politics, and foreign policy. Moreover, Iran's ethnic minorities h…

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Increasing joblessness and rising poverty is creating a humanitarian crisis among Ahwazi Arabs that threatens to lead to widespread unrest, according to activists and a growing number of politicians.

The unemployment crisis prompted one desperate Ahwazi Arab to set himself alight in the provincial governor's office last week, emulating Tunisian martyr Mohammad Bouazizi.

The official unemployment rate in "Khuzestan" province is 12 per cent, the…

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