Iran's authorities have committed violations in recent months that may amount to crimes against humanity, a U.N.-appointed ...

The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on Iran’s Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution and 8 officials, including ...

Iran on Friday hanged a Kurdish man viewed as a political prisoner by activists, rights groups said, amplifying alarm over the soaring number of executions in the country this year.

according to human rights activists in Iran. Over 19,700 others have been detained by authorities amid a violent crackdown ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iran’s central Urmia prison on Friday carried out the death sentence of a Kurdish kolbar who had ...

"In a letter to President Raisi... the King of Saudi Arabia welcomed the deal between the two brotherly countries (and) ...

Iran’s judiciary said it pardoned some 22,000 people arrested in widespread anti-government protests that erupted last ...

"In a letter to President Raisi ... the King of Saudi Arabia welcomed the deal between the two brotherly countries [and] ...

The deal between regional rivals underlines China’s growing economic and political importance in the Middle East, and what ...

The deal, which will see the two countries reopen embassies in each other’s capitals, was sealed during a meeting in China ...

Iran uses execution in times of crises to intimidate the population and instill fear in the society. The authorities executed four protesters for their participation in the recent wave of protests ...

He has not named any countries, but Iran has regularly accused Western powers and Israel of being behind unrest within its borders, including months of protests that spread across Iran last ...