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After numerous calls by Iranians and human rights activists against censoring content about ongoing protests in Iran, Meta, the owner of Instagram and Facebook, has revised its policies.

Amid outrage over the execution of two protesters Saturday, Iran's judiciary said Monday that a court has sentenced three others to death for “war against God”.

Pope Francis has slammed the use of the death penalty by the Iranian regime to quell nationwide anti-government protests.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Monday condemned Iran for using the death penalty against protestors, and his spokesperson said Berlin wanted to increase pressure on Tehran with new international measures.

The Swedish Olof Palme Foundation has announced its 2023 award to three female activists, including Iran’s Narges Mohammadi, for their efforts in the fight for women's freedom.

Iran’s ruler Ali Khamenei in a speech Monday once again blamed anitgovernment protests on foreign conspiracies, saying the goal was to weaken the Islamic Republic.

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has warned Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro against normalizing relations with the United States, after signs that Caracas entertains the idea.

Following the execution of two more protestors in Iran, Denmark and Belgium announced they will summon Tehran’s ambassadors, and new EU sanctions are on the way.

Islamic Republic's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed Brigadier General Ahmadreza Radan as Iran's police chief last week, after four months of popular protests.

In a rally in Toronto to mark the third anniversary of an airliner disaster, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lambasted the Islamic Republic, saying it disregards human life.

People took to the streets in many Iranian cities Sunday to condemn the execution of two more protesters and mark the anniversary of the downing of Flight PS752.

The hanging of two more protesters for their alleged role in the killing of a government agent, has led to yet another global outcry against the Iranian regime.

Lawyers of two young protesters hanged Saturday in Iran say the judiciary executed them so hastily that there was no chance for legal follow-up on their cases.

Iranian film critic and director, Mohsen Jafari-Rad, who had been arrested during ant-government protests a few weeks ago, committed suicide after being released.

Anti-terrorist agents in Germany have detained a 32-year-old Iranian man who is accused of planning an Islamist-motivated attack using chemicals.

The Islamic Republic’s parliament is mulling over a plan to ban regime’s officials from leaving the country to stop them from moving capital out of Iran without accountability.

Hard-line student unions have called on Iran's foreign minister to expel the France's ambassador over “insulting cartoons” by French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

Iran’s hardliner commander of Revolutionary Guard has once again threatened the West to take revenge for the killing of former IRGC General Qassem Soleimani.

Amid protests and economic crisis, top conservatives in Tehran are maneuvering to present themselves as viable alternatives for the presidency and the parliament.

Iranian scholars, including those at the Iranian Sociologists Association have been analyzing the ongoing protests and trying to explain the nature of the movement.

Iranians in several countries held protests on Saturday to condemn the illegal acts and rights violations committed by the Islamic Republic in the past 43 years.