Iran retained its position as the second highest country to imprison writers amid the country's nationwide uprising, second only to China, according to the 2023 Freedom to Write Index.
The Tehran prosecutor's office has initiated legal proceedings against two journalists over their reporting on the death of 16-year-old protester Nika Shakarami.
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has called for intensified sanctions against Iranian authorities for the brutal enforcement of hijab.
In another letter from prison, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi is criticizing the harsh conditions faced by elderly female political prisoners in Tehran’s infamous Evin Prison.
Amir Hossein Bankipour, a member of the Iranian Parliament, recently detailed more surveillance measures under the proposed Hijab and Chastity Bill to crack down on hijab defiance.
Iran will have no mercy for drug traffickers, warned Attorney General Mohammad Movahedi-Azad amid rising concerns about the country’s alarming rate of drug-related executions.
Eight students from the Anwar al-Haramain religious school in Sistan-Baluchestan have been arrested by the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) accused of supporting insurgent Sunni Baluch group Jaish al-Adl.
Almost two weeks after a death sentence handed out to Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, the Iranian diaspora took to the streets in Australia on Saturday to protest his death penalty.
On World Press Freedom Day, the United States paid tribute to Iranian journalists who continue to face severe pressure from the government as Iran is branded the world's second worst country for jailing writers.
Canada has voiced its concern over a BBC World report detailing the alleged assault and murder of 16-year-old Nika Shakarami by Iran's security forces amid hijab crackdowns.
A 17-year-old cross-border porter was shot on Friday by Iran's border guards on the Iraqi border, suffering severe injuries to his face and eyes.
Hundreds of the Iran-Iraq war veterans and their families have launched an appeal to the leaders of the Islamic Republic, urging them not to execute Toomaj Salehi, a protest song rapper.
Mostafa Tajzadeh, a political prisoner at Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, has voiced criticism against the Iranian regime's heightened enforcement of hijab laws targeting women.
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