A man convicted for the murder of an aide to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been executed in Iran. Abbasali Soleimani, a former representative of the Guardian Council, was shot dead at a bank in Babolsar in ...
Dr. Fatemeh Rajaei-Rad, a professor and surgeon, was fired from the Babol University of Medical Sciences a little over a month after she attended an award ceremony for doctors without wearing a hijab, the doctor
Iran on Wednesday executed a bank guard who was convicted of fatally shooting a senior cleric in April following months of unrest, state media reported. Ayatollah Abbas Ali Soleimani, 77, was the most senior member
Branch 36 of the Tehran Court of Appeals has sentenced six Baha'is, from Iran’s largest religious minority community, to a total of over 30 years in prison. The court overturned a lower court's ruling on the
Typically, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize gives their acceptance lecture at the awards ceremony in Oslo, Norway – but this year's recipient, Narges Mohammadi, couldn't. She remains behind bars for her long-time
EU lawmakers on Tuesday present a top rights prize to Mahsa Amini, whose death in Iranian custody sparked mass protests, but her family won't attend after being blocked by Tehran. The award -- also for the broader
By honouring Jina Mahsa Amini, the Kurdish woman whose death in police custody in September 2022 sparked a nationwide revolt in the name of equality, dignity, and freedom in Iran, the European Parliament pays tribute
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Imprisoned Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammdi accepted her Nobel Peace Prize Sunday with a speech penned from behind the walls of Tehran's Evin prison and read by her children in Oslo, Norway. Mohammadi's
These days, the Iranian people are struggling to get access to VPNs, and the associated costs have been added to their daily living expenses, especially for those living close to or below the officially declared
Iranian authorities banned members of the late Mahsa Amini's family from traveling to receive the European Union’s top human rights prize on her behalf. Amini's death while in police custody in 2022 sparked nationwide
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