Iran will pardon or commute the sentences of a large number of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty, state media reported ...

While the government said tens of thousands of prisoners were to be freed or get reduced sentences, rights advocates ...

He has appointed the notorious criminal hardliner, Ahmadreza Radan, as Chief of Police, or head of the regime’s Law ...

To stop these executions, a comprehensive strategy must be devised by a coalition of democratic governments using all ...

The regime, for its part, hit back, arresting thousands of protesters and undertaking a terrifying campaign of public executions. Iran once again has executed two protesters. The two men were ...

News of the pardoning was communicated by the state-run IRNA News Agency, which said that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali ...

Professor Simon Rice from Sydney Law School explains the role of Iran's 'revolutionary courts' in the suppression of ...

Benjamin Briere, a French national held in Iran, has gone on hunger strike for the second time since his incarceration in May ...

GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. human rights chief said that the death penalty was being weaponised by Iran's government to strike fear into the population and stamp out dissent, saying the executions ...

Political prisoners in Iran Sunday expressed support for constitutional change proposed by political opposition figure and ...

Arrests and executions have smothered organized demonstrations, yet thousands of women in Tehran have abandoned compulsory ...