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Rape in Iran's prisons: the cruellest torture

Without international focus, Iran will continue to use rape to torture political opponents, writes Kate Allen from Amnesty International.

Huffington Post: Stop Appeasing Tehran!

By Heather Robinson. Members of Stop the Bomb, a coalition of German intellectuals dedicated to preventing Iran from attaining nuclear weapons, protested a November 22 meeting of the Iran Business Forum, a business networking...

Iran talks end with little sign of progress

In every respect, the outcome of the latest round of discussions with Iran appears less substantive than the talks 14 months ago.

Promotional campaign to boost business with Iran at seminar of Austrian Chamber of Commerce

Scandalous: Austrian Ministry of Economy assisting in continuation of Iran business  >>

Iran Hangs Shahla Jahed

Shahla Jahed, 40, went to the gallows at 5 a.m. at Tehran's Evin Prison, where she had spent the past eight years behind bars. Amnesty International had called for a delay in Jahed's execution, saying she was denied a fair trial.

Rally against the "Iran-Seminar" of the Austrian Chambers of Commerce

STOP THE BOMB will hold a protest rally in Vienna and rejects the Chamber's justifications >>

Ahmadinejad's Days Are Numbered

While it seems that, for the moment, the president can rely on the supreme leader for protection, his enemies in parliament are feeling increasingly emboldened by Ahmadinejad’s fading popularity.

NGOs slam Marriott for hosting German-Iranian event

A Hamburg hotel’s decision on Monday to hold a conference with an alleged violator of human rights to promote German-Iranian trade prompted protest by UANI and Stop the Bomb.

Protest against the "Iran-Seminar" of the Austrian Chambers of Commerce

STOP THE BOMB criticizes the Austrian Chamber of Commerce, OMV and the Austrian Embassy in Teheran >>

Is Iran's Regime Officially Running--Or Merely Helping--a Pro-Nazi Site?

Is Iran's government sponsoring an Internet site that extols the German Nazis, their history and achievements, including the antisemitism that the current Iranian regime also supports?

Analysis: Are Iran nuclear talks doomed to fail again?

Iran is likely to stick to a stalling strategy toward world powers, seeking to blunt their pressure to curb its uranium enrichment drive without making any major concessions over work the West fears has military aims.

Wall Street Journal: Iran's German Hostages

If having its journalists charged with espionage is what Berlin gets for its "critical dialogue" with Tehran, then maybe it's time for a tougher line.

Germany: EU Iran sanctions don’t prohibit Hamburg bank

Benjamin Weinthal: Israeli Embassy spokesman tells 'Post' there are “ongoing discussions” with “high-level German officials” about closure of Iranian EIH bank.

Open letter of STOP THE BOMB on the trips to Iran of Elke Hoff and other parliamentarians

Former Iranian fighter pilot: 'Ahmadinejad incites war'

Bahazad Masawi, a former fighter pilot who defected from Iran and is in hiding in Paris, said: “Ahmadinejad creates terror and incites war in the area. This is not good for the Iranian people."