Judges connected to Iran’s clerical leaders and security services are meting out long prison terms and death sentences, in an ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iranian authorities detained two outspoken Kurdish clerics on Monday, raising the number of Sunni ...

Experts say security forces have shown “a flagrant disregard for human life,” after a protest movement against the Islamic ...

(Bloomberg) -- Rights groups warned that several young people, including teenagers who’ve been jailed by Iran for their ...

Iranian authorities have executed 55 people in 2023, Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) said Friday, adding that the surging use of the death penalty aims to create fear as protests shake the ...

The “Mahsa moment” has left an indelible mark on Iran’s political landscape, delegitimizing the regime and the core pillars ...

The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini following her arrest by Iran's notorious morality police more than four months ago has sparked the biggest protests in the Islamic republic in years.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iranian authorities have stepped up detaining Sunni clerics in the Kurdish areas following a strongly worded video statement by dozens of influential religious scholars ...

One woman tells Borzou Daragahi that she – along with her mother and sisters were held in prison for weeks. Upon release on ...

The Biden administration on Monday announced new sanctions against Iran related to serious human rights abuses against ...

Iran has executed four people after convicting them of charges linked to the protests in similarly criticized trials, including attacks on security forces. Associated Press writer Matthew Lee in ...

The actions are the latest response to Iran's deadly clampdown on unrest after the death of young Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa ...