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

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

The pardon approved by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei came with conditions, which the measure would not apply to any of the numerous ...

Iran has announced it would be suppressing its infamous morality police but nevertheless has carried out this week the execution of the second of a protest-related death row inmate after last ...

The promise of amnesty, which came as Iranian prisons faced overcrowding after years of protests, was accompanied by a list ...

A Norwegian-based human rights group is accusing Iranian security forces of deliberately shooting protesters -- particularly ...

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

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

Iran's supreme leader reportedly has ordered an amnesty or reduction in prison sentences for "tens of thousands" of people ...

Authorities in the northern Iranian city of Amol have shut down a pharmacy after the female owner and a local cleric got into a confrontation over wearing a head scarf, an issue that has sparked ...

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

Iranian officials said that "tens of thousands" of people jailed during the country's ongoing protests would be pardoned or ...