Iran carried out the execution of an architecture student convicted of spying for Israel on Saturday, the judiciary announced, despite sustained concerns raised by rights groups over his detention, trial process and allegations of torture.
Amnesty International called on Iranian authorities on Friday to immediately release 16-year-old Mahmoud Baluchi Razi, arbitrarily detained since December 7 and subjected to torture to force his father to surrender.
The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a Canada-sponsored resolution condemning Iran's human rights violations for the 23rd consecutive year.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that the main US quarrel with Tehran is how it treats its people, on top of its opposition to Tehran's nuclear programs and regional ambitions.
Up to 40 Afghan migrants have died inside Iran after illegally crossing the border during a severe cold snap, sources in western Afghanistan told Afghanistan International.
Sweden has summoned Iran’s ambassador after receiving unconfirmed information that a Swedish citizen detained in Iran on espionage charges may have been sentenced to death, Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard said on Friday.
At least 17 Kurdish citizens have been detained in recent days in multiple Iranian cities, according to a Kurdish human rights group, amid what activists describe as increased security pressure on minorities and civil activists.
Rights abuses against women political prisoners in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison have intensified since a 12-day war with Israel, an informed source told Iran International, with an inmate's suicide attempt highlighting mounting pressure in the ward.
A death row prisoner accused by Tehran of spying for Israel has been transferred to solitary confinement, a step that typically precedes executions, informed sources told Iran International.
The France-based lawyer for jailed Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi said on Wednesday she will ask the International Criminal Court to investigate alleged crimes by Iran including the sudden death of a rights lawyer this month.
A seriously ill Iranian Christian convert who broke her spine in Evin Prison is among five Christians handed combined prison terms totaling more than 50 years, a rights group said.
A film by dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi has advanced to the shortlist for the international feature film category at the 98th Academy Awards, organizers said on Tuesday.
Sweden confirmed on Wednesday that one of its citizens was detained in Iran, in a response to questions from Iran International, after Iran’s judiciary disclosed details of a case involving an Iranian-Swedish dual national accused of spying for Israel.
A Kurdish political prisoner in Iran began a hunger strike by sewing his lips in protest at being denied family visits and prison leave, a rights group said on Tuesday.
A US federal judge on Monday ordered the release of an Iranian migrant held by immigration authorities for nearly six months, ruling that the government had shown no realistic prospect of deporting him to a country other than Iran in the foreseeable future.
Canada announced a new round of sanctions on four senior Iranian officials on Monday over their alleged role in Tehran’s violent crackdown on protests and dissent.
The family of Iranian activist Pouran Nazemi says they have had no contact with her since she was violently arrested alongside Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi and other activists during a memorial service on Friday.
A prominent UK-based rights barrister has called for an independent investigation into the sudden death of Iranian lawyer Khosrow Alikordi this month after the case stoked outrage and rowdy protests at his memorial service.
An annual cultural celebration of women and mothers in Iran falling on the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad's daughter Fatimah has galvanized critics of the theocracy's rights record for women even as supporters come to its defense.
A senior Iranian cleric said the northeastern city of Mashhad should be treated primarily as a religious destination rather than a leisure tourism hub, arguing that recreational tourists should visit other provinces such as northern province of Mazandaran instead.
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, who was violently detained after attending a memorial service for a human rights lawyer, told her family she has been accused of cooperating with the Israeli government, according to her X account.
A study on female genital mutilation (FGM) in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province finds the practice is sustained chiefly by family dynamics, gender stereotypes and local customs that often outweigh religious mandates.