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The demand for the end of human rights abuses unites the Iranian people
On the occasion of United Nations Human Rights Day, the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran continues to be a desperate one for anyone opposed to the regime. JANE GREEN reports
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi talks with patients and their families who have been demonstrating for the last four days outside the parliament demanding help with treatment and medicine for spinal muscular atrophy patients

HUMAN rights abuses in Iran continue to be an issue for young people, women, trade unionists, ethnic and religious minorities, and the political opposition. 

The regime does not see the judiciary as being independent from the ruling theocracy in the country.  

The Islamic Republic’s judicial system criminalises dissent and even imprisons lawyers for doing their job. 

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