Executions soared to their highest number in almost a decade in 2023 with a sharp rise across the Middle East, Amnesty ...
Footage of the incident was captured in what appears to be a busy public park in Iran - reportedly Borujerd - and shared to ...
A senior official with the UN children's agency, UNICEF, appealed on Monday for urgent action to support diplomatic and ...
Iran must immediately revoke the death sentence imposed on anti-corruption activist Mahmoud Mehrabi and stop sentencing people to death for expressing their opinions, UN experts* said today. Mehrabi ...
The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) is alarmed by recent reports of the rise of execution orders issued against ...
Despite averting a war with Israel for now, Tehran is nervous. It is cracking down on critics and women who disobey the ...
Indeed, their activities have often led to sanctions being intensified, creating more wealth for the IRGC and more hunger and ...
Executions, which activists say are used by Tehran as a means to instil fear into society, have also increased in recent days ...
Iran is using rap music to promote hardline Islamist values ... Salehi was first arrested in September 2021 after his songs ...
On April 13, the world witnessed yet another escalation in Iranian aggression when the regime of the Islamic Republic ...
Oslo-based Iran Human Rights Organization (IHR ... reflecting a dramatic 43% increase in the number of executions compared to the previous year. Of the 834 executions carried out by Iranian ...
Musician Toomaj Salehi had backed anti-government nationwide protests in 2022. Aida Shakarami was detained for allegedly violating the compulsory hijab laws, her mother says.