Haydar Ghorbani, a 48-year-old Kurdish political prisoner on death row, was executed in secret today in Iran without being allowed to see his family for the last time, Hengaw Organization for Human Rights reports.
The family of an Iranian handball player missing since Tuesday in Spain, where she had travelled to with Iran’s national team to participate in the Women’s Handball World Championship, have come under intense pressure from the Islamic Republic’s intelligence agency in the countr
The United States on Tuesday imposed new sanctions on a dozen Iranian officials and entities for “serious” human rights abuses.
Iran’s national currency stumbled to record-low levels after renewed efforts to revive the country’s nuclear deal failed to make progress.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said that Iran does not seem to be serious about taking necessary steps to return to compliance with a 2015 deal.
Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri arrived Saturday in Vienna ahead of talks aimed at reviving the 2015 deal with world powers on the country’s atomic program, state media said.
Iranian authorities are using extensive force to crack down on protesters in the city of Isfahan, where mass demonstrations have been held to support the farmers’ demands for water and their call for the revival of the city’s lifeblood river Zayanderud.
The father of dissident Iranian journalist Ruhollah Zam has revealed the identities of the two spies involved in his deception and subsequent return to Iran, where he was put on a "sham trial" and sentenced to death.
Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz revealed the locations of two Iranian drone bases that he claimed were used to conduct attacks against targets at sea in the past few months.
Ayatollah Sayyid Kamal al-Haydari has been prohibited from teaching religious studies by the Iranian Intelligence due to his views against the Velayat-e Faqih, the system of governance in Iran, an informed source has told AvaToday.
