Iranians at home and abroad marked the first anniversary Saturday of the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, with activists speaking of a renewed crackdown to prevent any resurgence of the protests which rocked major cities last year.Amini, a 22-...

Iran executed Swedish-Iranian dissident Habib Chaab for "terrorism" on Saturday, according to the judiciary."The death sentence for Habib Chaab... nicknamed Habib Asyud, the head of Harakat al-Nidal terrorist group... was executed today, Saturday mor...

A wave of executions has been sweeping Iran amid international condemnation and national outrage.Top executionerIran has a lengthy history of being a top global executioner. But critics claim the dictatorship has elevated the death penalty to a new l...

In a continuation of the internal unrest in Iran, a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed by gunfire near his house in southern Tehran on Tuesday evening, according to the official media.The Tasnim news agency announced th...

Iranian authorities have arrested football players who attended a mixed party east of Tehran, local media reported Sunday, without identifying them or giving their exact number."Several current and former players of one of Tehran's prominent football...

Iranian dissident journalist Keyvan Samimi, jailed in December 2020 for "plotting against national security", has been released, reformist daily Shargh reported on Sunday.Samimi, 73, was in December 2020 sentenced to three years in prison and was hel...

Iran has summoned the Italian ambassador to protest "interventionist" policies, the foreign ministry said late Thursday, a day after Rome called in Tehran's envoy over its response to nationwide protests.The Islamic republic has been gripped by prote...

By AFPRights groups voiced grave fears Sunday for the inmates of Iran's notorious Evin prison after it was hit by a major fire overnight, in the fifth week of the wave of protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini.Gunshots and explosions were heard...