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Security Forces Raid Iran Newspaper, Beat, Pepper Spray, and Arrest Journalists

  Shortly after an armed raid by security and police forces on Iran Newspaper’s editorial offices today, a journalist present at the scene provided an eyewitness account for the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “Everyone is still covered in white fire extinguisher powder.

Iran’s Human Rights Case Might End Up at the Security Council, Says the UN Special Rapporteur

  Omid MemarianAward Winning JournalistAhmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, believes that if Tehran does not cooperate with his mandate and continues on the current path in ignoring international mechanisms to monitor the worsening human rights crisis in the country, Iran’s human rights case might eventually end […]

Security Forces Storm the Former Office of Opposition Leader Mir Hossein Mousavi

  Tuesday November 7th, 2011 – Kaleme reports that the former office of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, located in one of the side streets in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran was stormed by security forces who proceeded to remove some equipment from the premises.

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