A French citizen detained in Iran for over two years on espionage charges revealed his identity and described his ordeal in a phone call aired on French radio on Monday, as Paris steps up efforts to gain his release.
Retirees affiliated with Iran’s Social Security Organization, the country’s largest state-run pension fund, held protests in multiple cities on Sunday demanding better pensions and improved living conditions as inflation and economic hardships persist.
Farzaneh Bijanipour, a prisoner held in the notorious Qarchak Prison in southern Tehran, passed away on Saturday evening due to lack of medical care, a Norway-based human rights organization reported on Sunday.
Sixty-eight political prisoners across multiple Iranian prisons have sounded the alarm over the imminent execution of three fellow inmates, highlighting the escalating number of executions in the country.
A Swiss citizen Iran says died by suicide in prison was a 64-year-old tourist, a Swiss foreign ministry spokesman told Iran International, adding that Switzerland is seeking more details on his arrest and death from Tehran.
Prominent Baha’i poet Mahvash Sabet, 71, may soon be sent back to Evin Prison in Tehran following open-heart surgery, sparking alarm among human rights organizations and activists.
At least 38 Baloch citizens, including several women, were arrested in raids by Iran's security forces in Nosratabad, located in southeastern Iran's Zahedan County, on Tuesday, according local rights group Haalvsh.
Amnesty International has condemned Iran's Supreme Court for upholding the conviction and death sentence of Kurdish activist Pakhshan Azizi, calling her trial and punishment unjust.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Thursday that she had no information if US tech billionaire Elon Musk was involved in the release of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala from detention in Iran.
The Canadian government said Wednesday it continues to call on Tehran to take full responsibility for its actions, including by making reparation for the harm caused by the downing of the Ukrainian Flight PS752 in 2020.
Families of the victims of Flight PS752 say they plan to release an investigative film about the downing of the passenger jet five years ago, as part of their ongoing effort to hold Tehran accountable for the tragedy.
In recent letters from Tehran’s Evin prison, at least three political prisoners have described singing and dancing as acts of defiance against the system that has imprisoned them—or sentenced them to death—for their peaceful activities.
Women in Iran are being killed at alarming rates, with rights groups reporting an average of one woman killed every other day in 2024.