A US-based rights group has urged governments to recognize what it called gender apartheid in Iran as a crime against humanity, arguing that the Islamic Republic systematically oppresses women.
Iranian artists, activists, and public figures condemned the execution of a 74-lash sentence against singer Mehdi Yarrahi, denouncing it as a sign of deepening repression.
Iranian singer Mehdi Yarrahi, known for his protest songs in support of the Women, Life, Freedom movement, received 74 lashes as part of his sentence, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
Iran has taken hostage at least 66 people since 2010, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Alice Jill Edwards reported on Tuesday, criticizing Tehran's detention of civil society figures and dual nationals for political ends.
Iranian actress Chakameh Chamanmah said authorities have summoned her to the judiciary without pressing charges eight months after she was banned from leaving the country following her return to Iran.
A woman in Tehran died after her veil became entangled in an escalator, marking the latest fatal accident linked to country's mandatory hijab laws.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk urged Iran to permanently repeal its hijab law and end its use of the death penalty, speaking at the 58th session of the Human Rights Council on Monday.
Fearing for her life in Iran after converting from Islam to Christianity, Artemis Ghasemzadeh, 27, arrived at the United States southern border hoping for asylum.
The directors and lead actors of My Favorite Cake, an Iranian film that premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival, went on trial in a court in Tehran on Saturday, alongside other members of the production team.
The German embassy in Tehran is investigating reports of the detention of a German national and has raised the matter with Iranian authorities, a source from the German Federal Foreign Office told Iran International on Sunday.
Two years after Iran's 2022 protests, escaped dissidents tell Iran International about bureaucratic hurdles and asylum denials.
The Berlinale has joined the International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR), urging Iran to drop charges against filmmakers Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha, who face court on Saturday.
Iranian authorities have jailed musician Khosrow Azarbeyg for criticizing Tehran’s financial support for Hezbollah and former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, he said in an audio recording from prison.
To understand why a peaceful resolution between Israel and Palestine remains so elusive, author and foreign correspondent Yardena Schwartz told Eye for Iran, one must first recognize that the conflict extends far beyond the two peoples.
Iranian authorities hanged a man from a bridge on Thursday in the northeastern city of Esfarayen, a human rights organization reported, in the country’s first public execution of the year.
Iranian female singer Hiva Seyfizadeh was arrested during a live performance in Tehran on Thursday night after security forces raided the venue, whose audience included both men and women in defiance of the theocracy's gender-mixing laws.
The Islamic Republic cannot be reformed and cannot offer democracy or freedom, Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi told the French weekly magazine Nouvel Obs.
Iranian nationals were among the leading groups seeking asylum in the UK in 2024 and their number hit a new record, according to Home Office immigration data.
Masoud Pezeshkian's government is facing criticism for failing to support a motion that would have allowed limited ethnic literature courses in secondary schools. The Parliament rejected the motion on Wednesday.
A five-year-old was killed and his mother lost her unborn child when Iran's security forces opened fire on the family's vehicle in the country's turbulent province of Sistan and Baluchestan.
An Iranian cleric has accused a group of seminarians of wielding knives and machetes against protesters during the 2022 nationwide uprising, alleging they clashed with demonstrators before returning in bloodied clothes and changing into clerical robes.
Iran defended its human rights record and condemned Western sanctions at a United Nations Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva.