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Scaffolding is set up for a public execution in Karaj, Iran
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Iran hangs man convicted of Israel spying, activists slam trial

Madani is the second person to be executed by Iran on charges of spying for Israel in two months, amid a surge in executions.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 May, 2025
Amnesty International Calls For Global Abolition Of Death Penalty
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Iran executes five 'political prisoners': rights groups

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 April, 2025
Iran resorts to digital surveillance and vigilantism to control hijab laws [Getty]
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Iran uses surveillance and informants to crash dissent, UN warns

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 March, 2025
Iranian activists warned US aid threatens to choke off information from inside country [Getty]
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US aid freeze threatens info flow out of Iran amid crackdown

The New Arab Staff
07 March, 2025
Craig and Lindsay Foreman were detained on charges of espionage [Facebook]
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UK warns against travel to Iran after couple charged with spying

Salma Ouaguira
20 February, 2025
Scaffolding is set up for a public execution in Karaj, Iran
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Two Iranian dissidents at 'imminent risk' of execution

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 January, 2025
Morality police resume hijab patrols in Iran
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Iran arrests two young women for dancing in cemetery

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 January, 2025
Actress Bridget Moynahan (L) and activist Kianoosh Sanjari attend the Amnesty International Concert presented by the CBGB Festival at Barclays Center
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Iran activist kills himself after demanding release of prisoners

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 November, 2024
Iran
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Iran hangs final defendant in 2008 case after 'unfair trial': NGOs

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 July, 2024
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Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to prison

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 May, 2024
Nooses made of rope
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Iran executions highest since 2015, say rights groups

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 March, 2024
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Iran 'unlawfully' detaining rights activists: UN expert

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 October, 2023
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Iran protester's custody death 'suspicious': rights groups

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 September, 2023
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Rights group denounce 'medieval' public execution in Iran

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 May, 2023
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Perspectives

Women in Iran: Heroes subverting the hyper-masculine order

Schwartz Gölz

Kevin Schwartz and Olmo Gölz

17 October, 2022
Iran
Iran
Perspectives

Solidarity not sanctions: The co-option of Iran's protests

Yasmin Gholizadeh

Yasmin Gholizadeh

11 October, 2022
Saudi execution
Saudi Arabia
Perspectives

Giving Saudi a free pass makes human rights not so universal

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Kourosh Ziabari

02 July, 2022
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Iran 'could postpone' execution of Iranian-Swedish academic

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 May, 2022
Iran flag - GETTY
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Iranian journalists in UK worry for safety after kidnap plot

Nick McAlpin
22 July, 2021
iran police [getty]
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Video shows Iranian police opening fire during water protest

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 July, 2021
Ahmadreza Djalali
Iran
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EU Parliament seeks sanctions on Iran officials

The New Arab
10 July, 2021