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Iran shuts down internet access to hide protests
Despite reports that the Iranian regime has cut internet access to stymie citizen protests, Iranians are still finding ways to post protest images online.
U.S. says Maduro should not have representative on U.N. Human Rights...
The U.S. strongly opposes having a representative of the former Maduro regime occupy a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
Will Iranian regime allow women into sport stadiums?
FIFA says the Iranian regime must permit women to attend the next World Cup qualification game in Tehran and all future soccer games in Iran.
Iranian workers choose: Wages or lashes?
Workers in Iran are tired of working without pay. But they risk lashes and prison time if they peacefully protest for their unpaid wages.
Combined 55-year jail time for defying Iran’s hijab law
The U.S. urges nations to condemn an Iranian court's sentencing of three women to a combined 55 years in prison for protesting the regime's hijab law.
Pompeo salutes heroes of Tiananmen Square [video]
Secretary Pompeo commemorates the 30th anniversary of the Chinese government's violent crackdown on peaceful demonstrators in Tiananmen Square in 1989.
U.S. tightens sanctions on Nicaragua in runup to anniversary of protests
The United States is continuing to exert economic and diplomatic pressure on the repressive and corrupt regime of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.
Architectural marvel is now a notorious Venezuela prison
A building in Caracas, Venezuela, known as the Helicoide could not be more different today from what its original creators intended in the 1950s.
Special Representative Hook’s message to Iran on water management [video]
In this video, U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook presents some of the devastating effects of Iran's mismanagement of water resources.