Many in Iran oppose a plan to hastily liquidate public assets with no supervision or clear process, as many fear it could massively increase corruption.
Emboldened by less street protests in January, Iran's ultra-hardliners have been pushing for further restrictions on social freedoms and freedom of expression.
The judiciary blocked the bank account of popular footballer Karim Bagheri after he urged Iranians to make donations to the victims of Saturday’s earthquake in Iran.
Monday’s arrest of a top advisor to the popular Sunni leader Mowlavi Abdolhamid has led to more tensions in Zahedan, capital of Iran's southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan.
Ali Rabiei, a former labor minister and government spokesman, says discrimination against women in Iran is a significant factor propelling Iran's protests.
A leading activist has urged Iranians to unite and put aside disputes over an “unreal” fear of dictatorship or Iran's dismemberment after the fall of the regime.
Seven actors in Iran have boycotted their own film to be screened at the state-sponsored Fajr Film Festival in protest to the bloody crackdown on protesters.
Iranian experts and media are criticizing claims by President Ebrahim Raisi that the government has created nearly one million new jobs in the past year.
Some ‘reformist’ politicians have warned that excluding critics in next year’s parliamentary elections can only worsen the legitimacy crisis Iran’s regime faces.
The Iranian regime claims that a man who pleaded to see his daughter before execution “faked” his story, but many see it as a regime hoax to discredit the opposition.
Several young Iranians who lost one or both eyes after security forces fired pellets at their faces, say they do not regret having protested against the regime.
An activist group says sixteen young people arrested in Urumieh in November, including several minors, have been tortured and threatened with rape to incriminate each other.
Iran's exiled crown prince, Reza Pahlavi, has urged pro-democracy forces to unite following arguments over endorsing him as trustee in transition to secular rule.
Iran's intelligence ministry claims top officials were unanimous in the execution of British-Iranian Alireza Akbari earlier this month for “spying for Britain.”
Mowlavi Abdolhamid delivered yet another fiery sermon in southeastern Zahedan Friday while another Sunni imam, Mowlavi Gorgij, was put under house arrest in northern Iran.
Ali Khamenei’s representative in Sistan-Baluchestan Province has strongly blamed the Raisi government for the shortcomings in the impoverished and restive region.
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman says Tehran has protested to Iraq over once again using “a fake misnomer” for the Persian Gulf.
European officials and politicians who addressed a large Iranian rally in Strasbourg Monday vowed to help list the Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization.
Iranian diaspora is preparing for a Solidarity Rally in Strasbourg to urge the European Union to list the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.
An educational facility at Tehran’s Evin Prison is being used as a place of interrogation of detained protesters and extraction of forced confessions.
The head of Iran's state broadcaster Peyman Jebelli has dismissed the defection of his two brothers interviewed by Iran International Tuesday.
Disobedience of hijab rules has forced hardliners, most notably the Supreme Leader, to try to placate women with loose hijab, to draw support against opposition.
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”.
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.
A host of Western officials have condemned the executions of two protesters in Iran Saturday while French senators urged strong measures against the regime.
Sunni worshippers took to the streets for the 14th week in Zahedan after Friday prayers during which the popular cleric Abdolhamid delivered another fiery sermon.
Iran’s Judiciary does not allow protesters and dissidents to choose their own lawyers during trials that could even bear the death sentence for the defendants.
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians have welcomed the same New Year Message tweeted by the former Crown Prince and several opposition figures as a sign of unity.
Protesters who flocked to Tehran’s Grand Bazaar area Saturday chanted against poverty, corruption and the ever-increasing cost of living, amid bad economic news.
Memorial services for several protesters killed by security forces turned into new protests in several Iranian cities Thursday, including in the capital Tehran.
Some protesters who have experienced sexual harassment and assault in the hands of the security forces in detention have shared their harrowing stories with Iran International.
Ashkan Khatibi, a popular TV and cinema actor in Iran who was detained three months ago for expressing solidarity with protesters, has spoken up about his ordeal.
An influential hardliner clerical group in addition to executions demands punishing Iranian protesters by cutting fingers and toes instead of just exiling them.
Iranian activists are warning about a bloody crackdown on the restive southwestern city of Izeh where the IRGC has killed two armed regime opponents and arrested many.
Despite frequent crackdowns and arrests, nighttime antiregime protests and chants never stop in Ekbatan, a massive middle-class apartment complex in western Tehran.
The attorney of an Iranian protester who has been sentenced to death says he was severely tortured to ‘confess’ to killing a Basij militiaman at a protest.
Claims by Iranian officials that a female doctor who died with unusual injuries committed “suicide” has sparked suspicions of yet another death in custody.
The WWII Danish schoolboys club that launched acts of sabotage against the Nazis has inspired the formation of similar groups among anti-regime protesters in Iran.
Several members of the German parliament (Bundestag) are politically sponsoring Iranian political prisoners most of whom are in danger of imminent execution on bogus charges.
People took to the street in Iranian cities Monday evening chanting slogans or quietly marching in protest to the execution of a second protester in the morning.
An alliance of 30 youth groups organizing protests and strikes in various Iranian cities since mid- October through social media, has published its manifesto.
An underground Tehran youth group has warned that the expatriate opposition’s delay in forming a coalition may provide the regime a chance to suppress the protest movement.
Many Iranians enraged by the execution of 23-year-old Mohsen Shekari held protests Friday evening in some cities and more are planned for Saturday.
As in many other previous cases, Iranian authorities Friday allowed only a handful of family members to attend Mohsen Shekari’s heavily guarded burial to prevent a possible protest.
The hanging of a protester after a hasty and unfair trial has sparked deep anger among Iranians who believe his killing was meant to instill fear among the people.
President Ebrahim Raisi Wednesday delivered a traditional Student Day speech at Tehran University to an audience highly vetted to keep protesting students out.
The arrest of the deputy head of IRGC’s Fars news agency for “forging briefing reports” confirms the authenticity of documents a hactivist group released last week.
Iran's police has declined to confirm attorney general’s claim that the notorious ‘morality police’ has been disbanded, as international media trumpeted the news.
UN human rights experts have expressed alarm over the deteriorating health of jailed activist Arash Sadeghi, a cancer patient, and called for his immediate release.
Food poisoning affecting hundreds of Iranian university students has alarmed many who claim canteen food was deliberately contaminated to keep them out of protests.
Hacked documents recently released have cast serious doubts on the official account of a terrorist attack on a shrine in Iran last month which claimed 15 victims.