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Iran faces a serious shortage in medicines with some prices rising sevenfold, months after the government eliminated cheap dollars for importing raw materials.

A network of activists with a mandate to follow up on the condition of detained protesters in Iran has reported dire human rights violations such as torture and sexual abuse.

Iran's hardline judiciary has indicted 11 people over the killing of a Basij security force member during recent protests that could carry the death sentence.

Western officials have been meeting with Iranian activists abroad while the United Nations may step up pressure on Tehran for the harsh crackdown on protests.

Antigovernment demonstrations continued in Iran on Saturday, with gatherings, sit-ins, and student protests in various cities.

A group of experts at the United Nations have urged Iranian authorities to stop indicting protesters with charges punishable by the death penalty.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has slammed government violence against Iranian protesters calling for a new round of EU sanctions on the Islamic Republic next week.

French President Emmanuel Macron has met Iranian female activists and has hailed the protests in Iran against the Islamic Republic, calling it a “revolution”.

Anonymous activists in Iran have set Tuesday as commemoration day for 1,500 people killed by security forces in November 2019, calling for large demonstrations.

Sweden says two Iranian-born brothers and citizens of the country have been charged with spying for Russia and its military intelligence for about a decade.

An increasing number of Iranian lawmakers and former politicians blame the government, not foreigners for the nationwide uprising that has entered its 8th week.

Germany and Iceland submitted a request on Friday on behalf of dozens of countries to hold a special session at the UN Human Rights Council on the ongoing protests in Iran later this month.

Protests across Iran took place Friday with many demonstrations in Sistan-Baluchestan and Kordestan provinces with some other protests in metropolitan areas.

US State Department Thursday refused to characterize Iran's protests as a quest for democracy, repeating that its up to the protesters to say what they aspire to.

Britain has summoned the Islamic Republic’s chargé d’affaires over threats to UK-based journalists after Iran International’s journos were notified of "imminent" threats to their lives.

With the dust still settling after United States and Israeli elections, next week may open a new phase of controversy in Iran’s nuclear program.

Both supporters and opponents have criticized Iran’s embattled Reform Front for a statement it issued this week presenting its position over current protests.

The Iranian vice president for parliamentary affairs has threatened that the Islamic Republic will respond to anyone involved in the current protests anywhere in the world.

Security forces have again cracked down on protesters who took to the streets and chanted against the Supreme Leader and the IRGC in southeastern Iran on Friday.

Amid international concerns over the Islamic Republic’s violent crackdown on dissent, its foreign minister has warned the UN Human Rights Council over organizing any session to discuss the situation.

Commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Hossein Salami has threatened the Islamic Republic's “enemies,” claiming that they are frightened and on alert mode.