In a rare statement from a Western government, France condemned Iran's taking of hostages to serve as blackmail to extract concessions from the west, including 4 French citizens, for whom the country ...
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Amnesty International on Tuesday slammed Iraqi authorities for an “alarming lack of transparency” over the execution of 11 prisoners on the same day for “terrorism” charges, ...
Arrested multiple times and tortured, the popular Iranian music artist was sentenced to death on April 24 for his participation in the protests after the 2022 death of young Mahsa Amini.
It's also regularly applied to certain drug traffickers. Iran is second only to China in the number of executions it carries ...
Activists say Swedish nationals have been especially targeted over the life sentence given in Sweden to former Iranian prison official Hamid Noury for his role in mass executions in Iran in 1988.
A report by Amnesty International found that executions in Iran had reached an eight-year high in 2023, after the country executed 853 individuals. But in the span of just 10 days, another 37 have ...
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, finds solace in Elon Musk's platform, citing anti-American sentiments amidst ...
Khamenei’s gloating is understandable; he’s surely right about the damage that the war is causing to the international ...
Under Khamenei, Iran has experienced an alarming intensification of state control and a severe curtailment of personal ...
Iran is using rap music to promote hardline Islamist values ... Salehi was first arrested in September 2021 after his songs ...
A 2023 report by Amnesty International found a significant increase in executions in Iran, with the country reaching nearly ...
There is profound concern that the Iranian authorities may move very quickly following any appeal by Salehi to implement the sentence, particularly given the documented increase in executions in Iran.