All passengers and crew onboard an Iranian commercial flight died after the plane crashed amid severe weather conditions in a mountainous region in the south of the country, state television reported on Sunday, The Guardian …
The UN human rights office has said Iran is the worst in the world when it comes to sentencing minors to death — a crime under international law. Three minors were executed in January, and …
A lawyer representing the family of Kavous Seyed-Emami, who died under interrogation in Evin Prison on February 9, 2018, said a film of the detainee’s last living hours does not show him committing suicide, Payvand …
The demonstrations that convulsed more than 100 cities and towns in Iran back in December and January have largely subsided, but that doesn’t mean the government in Tehran is out of the woods yet. Iranians …
Deep within uranium mines, lizards were lurking around, attracting atomic waves and delivering intel on the Iranian government. Or at least that’s the narrative Iranian military advisor Hassan Firuzabadi told media outlets earlier this week, …
An ailing 81-year-old Iranian-American who Iranian authorities recently returned to prison against the advice of doctors was rushed the hospital with a racing heart rate Sunday, according to his attorney, ABC News reports. Baquer Namazi, …
The Canadian government is calling on Iran to conduct an investigation into the death of an Iranian-Canadian professor, who died in a Tehran prison after his arrest on allegations of spying last month, The Globe …
Internationally renowned and leading Pakistani human rights advocate Asma Jahangir has died, a family member said Sunday, in a stinging blow to the country’s embattled rights community. She was appointed United Nations Special Rapporteur for …
Canada is facing pressure to condemn Iran and demand an investigation after an Iranian-Canadian professor, who was a leading conservationist in the country, died in a Tehran prison some two weeks after his arrest on …
In July 2014, Iranian intelligence agents raided the home of reporters Jason Rezaian and Yehaneh Salehi, searched their belongings and forced them to provide passwords to their emails and social media accounts. The raid demonstrated …
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