Inmates at Iran’s notorious Evin prison in Tehran allegedly assaulted a group of political prisoners on Friday as part of an ongoing practice reportedly orchestrated by prison officials, VOA’s ...
In recent years many countries around the world have abolished or simply stopped handing out the death penalty. Capital punishment is now officially outlawed in more than 50 per cent of nations ...
Iran on Thursday moved four Americans out of the country’s notorious Evin Prison and put them under house arrest in the first step of a major but tenuous deal between the two longtime ...
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iranian authorities executed at least ten prisoners in February, a large decrease from the previous month, a human rights watchdog reported on Saturday. “In February ...
Iran is ready for an immediate exchange of prisoners with the United States. Talking to press at the Munich Security Conference, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said, as this is a ...
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Ms Mohammadi has already spent 12 years in jail serving multiple sentences. She is accused of spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic while in prison. Her family condemned the verdict ...
Members of Sydney's Iranian community and their supporters marked the 29th anniversary of the massacre of political prisoners in Iran with an exhibition and gathering in Sydney's Martin Place on ...
Baldwin did vote in support of the Iran deal. She made clear she supported it only to keep nuclear power out of Iran’s grasp – something missing from Hovde’s claim. In addition, the Iran ...
Sweden's Supreme Court said Wednesday it would not hear an appeal by a former Iranian prison official who was handed a life sentence for crimes committed during a 1988 purge of dissidents. A ...
March 2 (UPI) --Grammy-winning Iranian musician Shervin Hajipour has been sentenced to more than three years in prison in connection with a song he wrote that became the anthem for anti-regime ...
Award-winning Iranian pop star Shervin Hajipour, known for his song “Baraye” that became an anthem of the nationwide protests in 2022, said on Friday that he has been sentenced to prison as Iran ...