On Sunday, security forces in Iran besieged the house of one of the most well-known leaders of Shiite Sufism. Noor Ali Tabandeh’s residence was quickly surrounded by his supporters who gathered peacefully to protest the …
Farsi sites reported that the Iranian authorities on Monday arrested Hussein al-Shirazi, the son of Sadiq al-Shirazi, the famous Shi’ite cleric in Qom, because of a lecture in which he described the Supreme Leader of …
Iran executed at least three child offenders across the country in January 2018, Human Rights Watch said. Iran should immediately and unconditionally end the use of the death penalty for crimes committed by children under …
The Iranian Regime allowed 11 of the regime’s parliamentarians to visit Evin prison on January 30, to defend how they were treating the protesters they had arrested. However, this was little more than a show visit, …
Iranian women are continuing to protest against the compulsory wearing of hijabs despite 29 people being arrested last week, Australian TV network 9News reports. Photos and videos of defiant women holding their hijabs aloft on …
Iran’s judiciary acknowledged Sunday that it has granted medical leave to an ailing 81-year-old Iranian-American convicted of espionage charges, one of a number of dual nationals swept up in detentions criticized by the United Nations, …
A spy who had worked for American and European intelligence services was sentenced to 6 years prison, according to Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi, Tehran Prosecutor General, Mehr News reports. “The spy who had met with American …
Iran accused the U.S. on Sunday of threatening Russia with new atomic weapons, after the Trump administration published a document outlining plans to expand its nuclear capabilities in order to deter others, The Guardian reports. …
Ghanoon, an Iranian newspaper with ties to Iran’s Reformists, attacked Hamas Jan. 21, publishing a photo of the movement’s political chief Ismail Haniyeh holding the flag of the Syrian revolution. The newspaper presented Hamas’ project …
The deputy head of parliament’s Judicial and Legal Commission has lambasted Iranian authorities for deploying a swarm of intelligence and security agents at Tehran’s notorious prison, Evin, while a special delegation of MPs was visiting …
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