Fear Grows Among Iranian Clerics Over Hijab Rebellion

Recent statements from top clerics and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei reflect their rising concerns about the weakening of their ideological control due to growing defiance against hijab. Khamenei and other clerics

IRGC intelligence detains Kurdish young man in Mahabad

Saman Oveysi, a 21-year-old Kurdish civilian, has been detained following a telephone summons to the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Mahabad, West Azerbaijan Province

Iran executions reach 8-year high in 2023

Iran executed 853 people in 2023 – the highest number on record since 2015, according to a new report in Amnesty International. The surge in executions comes as Iran continues what Amnesty calls Iran’s “war

Iran executes 853 people in eight-year

Robust international action is urgently needed to halt a horrifying surge in executions that saw Iran’s prisons transformed into sites of mass killings in 2023, said Amnesty International. In a new research briefing