Iran has demanded that the US and a detained dual national Jamshid Sharmahd, who is on death row, must pay $2.5 billion, signaling Tehran's latest attempt at hostage diplomacy. A court in Tehran ruled Monday that
A Revolutionary Court in Fars province has sentenced a teachers' rights activist to one year in prison. Asghar Amirzadegan was charged with "propaganda activities against the Islamic Republic" in a case initiated
Iran is releasing all the remaining crewmembers of the Greek-owned tanker St Nikolas, which was seized by Iranian military forces in the Gulf of Oman in January under a deal whereby a replacement crew will come
Iranian authorities have imposed a high bail of 5 billion tomans ($84,000) for the release of Amir Velayati, an imprisoned protester, stopping him from getting important eye surgery. The bail amount is significantly
A Revolutionary Court in Iran has sentenced Anisa Fanaian, a member of the persecuted Baha'i religious minority, to a total of 16 years in prison. Fanaian has been sentenced to ten years in prison for orchestrating
An Iranian lawmaker says women are outraged over lawmakers' proposal to directly deduct cash fines from their bank accounts for disregarding hijab rules. Reformist lawmaker Mohammad-Sadegh Javadihesar strongly
The Canadian government announced on Friday that it would be imposing new sanctions on two Iranian individuals accused of participating in the repression of women. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly made the
There are growing fears among diplomats in the US and Europe that Iran’s largely unmonitored nuclear programme and the destabilisation caused by the Gaza conflict are strengthening the hand of Iranian factions
US, British and French forces on Saturday shot down dozens of kamikaze drones engaged in a "swarm" attack launched by Iran-backed Houthis in the Red Sea region. The Houthi operation –largest reported to date
Peruvian police on Friday said they had captured an Iranian and a Peruvian national who allegedly were planning an attack on an Israeli person at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), scheduled to be held
The plight of kidnapped Israeli graduate student Elizabeth Tsurkov is on the radar for students at Princeton University in New Jersey who are organizing to press for her release from Kataib Hezbollah’s captivity
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