Iran

Australia's foreign minister says the government will place targeted sanctions on Russia and Iran in response to what it called "egregious" human rights violations.

Iran has executed a man on Thursday morning by hanging after he was convicted for “moharebeh” (enmity against God) by a Revolutionary Court, according to Iranian state media.

The sister of Iran’s supreme leader has slammed his “despotic” rule and thrown her support behind protests ignited by Mahsa Amini’s death, in a letter published Wednesday by her son.

Iranian shops shut down in most cities on Monday, following calls for three-days general strikes and protests amid a popular uprising that seeks the fall of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Women in Iran's Sistan-Baluchistan province on Friday joined nationwide protests, in what a rights group called a "rare" move in the largely conservative southeastern region.

Iran is intensifying its efforts to kidnap and kill government officials, activists and journalists, with security agencies in the US, Canada and the UK warning residents of threats to their lives by the Iranian regime, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.

The spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry says Tehran, “will in no way cooperate with the UN fact-finding mission” over the recent anti-regime protests and deadly crackdowns in the country.

Two Iranian rappers who expressed support for anti-regime protests are charged with "corruption on earth" and “waging war against god” and could face the death penalty, judicial authorities and human right groups confirmed on Sunday.

Dozens of citizens have been murdered by Iranian Revolutionary Guards in the Kurdish areas after the US-labeled terrorist organization moved its troops against the Kurds, a human right organization warned on Friday.

Iranian judiciary officials said Tuesday that authorities arrested 40 foreign nationals for participating in ongoing anti-government demonstrations.