Authorities in Iran on Wednesday stayed the execution of a man sentenced to death for his role in anti-government protests ...

Supreme Court says family of policeman that Mohammad Ghobadlou was convicted of killing should have final word on whether or ...

The jailing of the Instagram influencers comes amid the regime’s crackdown in a bid to quell anti-government protests that ...

Iranian officials have used violence to intimidate protesters, watchdog says. Iranians protesting their country's regime have ...

In Iran, human rights groups are demanding authorities throw out the convictions against three young men sentenced to death ...

The executions on Saturday of two young men in Iran, one a karate champion, the other a volunteer children’s coach, in connection with nationwide protests have sparked outrage around the world.

I once spent a week in a region of southern Sudan where almost none of the women covered their breasts, and then just two ...

Last weekend, Iran executed two more protesters charged with killing security personnel, causing an international outcry. Critics said that the executions were a result of hasty sham trials.

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

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 ...

Iranians have kept up acts of defiance in the face of a crackdown that has so far seen four men executed over the protests ...