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Iran's Mass Executions and Abuses Continue
Loaded on Aug. 10, 2016
by Christopher Zoukis
Iran's dismal record on human rights has been reinforced once again, via the latest wave of mass executions, prisoner abuses, and clampdowns on those who stand against its theocratic regime.
On August 4, 2014, 40 prisoners were killed at Shahr-e Kord prison in an intentional slaughter when firefighters …
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