Human Rights

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.

UN human rights experts urged Iran to halt the execution of a 25-year-old victim of child marriage whose death sentence is scheduled to be carried out this month after allegedly killing her abusive husband during a domestic dispute.

A plan to reassess green cards for nationals from 19 countries including Iran after a DC shooting risks collective punishment, legal experts and members of the affected communities warn, as the move plunges thousands of vetted immigrants into limbo.

More than 150 Iranian lawmakers have accused the judiciary of failing to act against growing public defiance of the hijab, saying inaction has fueled what they called lawlessness in society, state media reported on Tuesday.

An Iranian court said it has ordered the United States government to pay more than $22 billion in damages for what it described as support for protesters during the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom movement, state media reported on Tuesday.

The US State Department’s Persian-language account on X criticized Iranian authorities over the detention of guests at a private birthday gathering in Tehran and the in-absentia sentencing of award-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi.

Prominent Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has been sentenced one year in prison for alleged propaganda against the Islamic Republic, his lawyer said on X, as his latest film may be up for an international feature Oscar.

A state body in Iran tasked with purveying Islamic values concealed the conviction of a senior official for raping and sexually assaulting his young daughters, a source in the Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization (IIDO) told Iran International.

Tehran's crackdowns on media persist despite the state’s mounting political and economic troubles, with bans of various forms imposed on those who drifts beyond acceptable bounds.

The European Parliament adopted a resolution on Thursday condemning the systematic persecution of Iran’s Baha’i community and urging EU governments to impose sanctions on officials involved in rights abuses.

Canada told Iran International on Thursday it does not automatically reject Iranian men’s permanent residency applications solely for compulsory IRGC service, after a conscript said he was ruled inadmissible for his involuntary service.

A 70-year-old American-Iranian mother has been detained in Iran for two months, the State Department confirmed to Iran International, with her political dissident son saying the move aimed to silence him.