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A member of Tehran city council has said that more than 20,000 Tehran residents die annually from air pollution, ABC News reports. A Sunday report by the semi-official ILNA news agency quotes Majid Farahani as saying …

A fire at an Iranian oil refinery in Tehran’s Shar-e Rey district , south of the capital, killed six workers and injured two others on Friday but firefighters have brought it under control, Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA)reported. Officials …

One of Iran’s longest-serving political prisoners has written a letter pleading for help after 81 days on hunger strike, Iran Focus reports. Mohammad Nazari was taken to a medical clinic after losing over 25 kilos …

United Nations human rights experts have appealed to Iran to immediately release a jailed British-Iranian citizen, who is now facing fresh charges, and expressed “grave” concerns for her welfare. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is already serving a …

Ward 350 at Tehran’s notorious prison, Evin, has reportedly been shut down after images of three outspoken prisoners were widely circulated on social media, Rado Farda reports. The pictures depict imprisoned human rights activists Arash Sadeghi, …

Iranian judicial officials are misrepresenting Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s past jobs and her British citizenship to persuade the UK government to negotiate with the Iranian government for her release, her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, told the Center for …

Iran is set to hang a 17-year-old boy on Thursday, the fifth execution of a juvenile offender this year, according to human rights groups that are urging the authorities to halt the execution and calling for …

The prosecutor general for Mashhad in Khorasan Razavi Province in northeast Iran says a man convicted of robbery has had his hand amputated, Radio Farda reports. “The convict, collaborating with his younger brother, robbed a …

Tahereh was not even 10 years old when her parents brought her a ring and a wedding shawl and started the pre-marriage arrangements for a traditional wedding ceremony, IranWire reports. “The moment my mother learned that …

Nizar Zakka, a U.S. resident and Lebanese businessman has been in an Iranian prison since September 2015. His son, Nadim Nizar Zakka, is campaigning for his release, Iran News Update reports. Nizar Zakka was sentenced …