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.
Iranian activist Masih Alinejad met Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado in Norway, saying in a post on social media that Tehran menaced the South American country too.
Iranian authorities said on Saturday they had detained 39 people at a memorial ceremony for a prominent rights lawyer in the holy city of Mashhad, confirming the number of arrests after videos showed anti-government and pro-monarchy slogans at the gathering.
UN Special Rapporteur for Iran Mai Sato on Friday welcomed the release of an Iranian child bride who was on death row for killing her abusive husband, warning that the case exposes deep-rooted institutional injustices in Iran’s judicial system.
Security forces detained Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi and several other activists during a memorial ceremony in the northeastern city of Mashhad, the local governor told state media.
A campaign supported by more than 800 Iranians at home and abroad is calling for the release of detained teenager Bita Shafiee and her mother.
A relative of Rouzbeh Vadi said the Iranian nuclear scientist executed in August confessed only after severe torture and threats against his mother, describing a prosecution built on a single coerced statement.
Iranian Olympic skier Atefeh Ahmadi, who applied for asylum in Germany in 2023 after leaving Iran during a training trip to Europe, has returned to the country and publicly expressed gratitude to the Supreme Leader for facilitating her homecoming.
Barry Rosen, a hostage during the 1979 US embassy takeover in Tehran, told Iran International that the recent deportations of Iranian nationals back to Iran echoes the oppression he faced as a captive.
Iranian authorities are stepping up the use of courts and security agencies to target members of the Baha’i community through prison sentences, arbitrary detention and property seizures, the Baha’i International Community and Human Rights Watch said.
In November alone Iran executed at least 260 people, the highest monthly total in more than two decades, while officially announcing only two, the United States Department of State said in a Persian-language post on X on Tuesday.
Authorities in Iran have blocked the Instagram pages of two female singers as part of an intensifying crackdown on women’s public performances and online presence.
The US State Department on Tuesday denounced what it called the suspicious death of Iranian human rights lawyer Khosrow Alikordi, saying his case highlights the severe risks faced by those defending basic freedoms in the Islamic theocracy.
A 25-year-old Iranian woman and child marriage survivor who had been sentenced to death for killing her abusive husband has been spared execution after the victim’s family agreed to forgive her, the judiciary's news agency reported.
A prominent Iranian tech CEO has been sentenced to 74 lashes and had his company’s business license revoked after authorities accused the firm of hosting a mixed-gender party where women appeared without hijabs.
Iran was among the world’s top jailers of journalists this year, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in its annual report published on Tuesday, behind China, Russia and Myanmar.
Iran’s judiciary opened proceedings against an unnamed Iranian dual national charged with spying for Israel, local media reported on Monday.
Iran’s judiciary says it has filed a case against a veteran ecologist and former adviser to the Department of Environment, after he said the government could fix Iran’s high-pollution mazut fuel with the cost of developing ten missiles.
Iranian authorities executed at least 24 people across the country on Saturday and Sunday, underscoring what monitors describe as a rapid escalation in the use of capital punishment, human rights groups reported.
Khosrow Alikordi, a 46-year-old prominent lawyer for jailed protesters and a former political prisoner, was found dead under unclear circumstances, prompting some attorneys and activists to suggest possible Islamic Republic involvement.
The number of women imprisoned for debt in Iran has risen sharply, Iran Human Rights Monitor reported on Friday, adding that many are held for extended periods over unpaid loans, rents or other financial obligations.
Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi said he will return to Iran after completing the Oscar campaign for his latest film, despite being sentenced in absentia this week to one year in prison on charges of propaganda against the state.