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At least 58 Iranian children reportedly killed since anti-regime protests began
The Guardian, 20 Nov 2022By Deepa Parent, Ghoncheh Habibiazad, and Annie Kelly Rights groups say children as young as eight

Shutdown impact stories: how internet shutdowns affect women in Iran
Access now, 23 JUNE 2022 By Skylar Thompson and Felicia Anthonio “This job insecurity may involve everyone, but it must

MINORITY REPRESSION IN IRAN
Over the past two years, state authorities have carried out more than 400 repression events targeting religious minority groups in

Ex-Tehran police chief linked to rights abuses spotted working out at Toronto-area gym
Morteza Talaei headed the police force in Iran’s capital city when Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi was arrested and tortured to

Iranian journalist Manoochehr Aghaei begins 8-month prison sentence
November 1, 2021 Washington, D.C., November 1, 2021 — Iranian authorities must release journalist Manoochehr Aghaei immediately and unconditionally, and

Police fire tear gas at protesters in Iran’s city of Isfahan
Online videos show police firing tear gas and fighting protesters with batons in a central Iranian city that has seen

November 2019 Protester In Iran Sentenced To Death
12/5/2021Author: Maryam Sinaee A protester accused of shooting a Special Riot Force commander in Mahshahr, southern Iran in the nation-wide November

From November 2019 to Khuzestan protests, lack of accountability is emblematic of Iran’s plague of impunity
By Skylar ThompsonPublished on Atlantic Council, IranSource November 9, 2021 Whether it is the imposition of self-serving fuel subsidies in

Iran sentences German human rights advocate to 10 years in prison over ‘propaganda’
By WION A German-Iranian woman was sentenced to jail on Wednesday for her role in “the management of an unlawful organisation