Iranian human rights lawyer Amirsalar Davoudi suffered a heart attack in detention and was hospitalized in Isfahan before being returned to prison a day later following a court appearance, Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) said on Monday, citing an informed source.
UN human rights experts called on Iran to end what they described as escalating persecution of independent lawyers, warning that restrictions on legal representation were leaving defendants vulnerable to arbitrary detention, coerced confessions and unfair trials.
Tehran prosecutors have opened a criminal case against a gynecologist who spoke publicly about what she described as a growing trend of unmarried Iranian women choosing to raise children without fathers, Iranian media reported Monday.
Iranians expressed anger and grief over the execution of three protesters and new death sentences against others, criticizing the United States and the international community for their response in messages sent to Iran International.
Iran has executed three men arrested during January protests in Karaj, west of Tehran, after the Supreme Court upheld their death sentences, the judiciary said early Sunday.
Iranian exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi accepted Germany’s Freedom Prize for the Iranian people in Frankfurt on Saturday, its first award to a nation rather than a person, and said he would hold it until he could hand it to them in Tehran, as tens of thousands rallied in the city.
Iran executed Mohammad Aref Shahbakhsh on Saturday over an armed attack on a police post in Khash, in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, the judiciary said, the latest hanging as fighting between Baluch militants and security forces spreads across the province.
The wife of imprisoned Swedish-Iranian researcher Ahmadreza Jalali has challenged Tehran's calls for expatriates to return home, urging authorities to first release those jailed after visiting Iran.
An Iranian court has sentenced two men arrested during January's anti-government protests to death, a rights group reported Thursday, adding to a growing number of protesters facing execution in the northeastern city of Mashhad.
The US State Department on Thursday condemned Iran’s execution of three young men detained over January protests, highlighting their families’ suffering amid a broader campaign of executions that rights monitors say extends far beyond political cases.
Even as Iran grapples with war, economic crisis and the threat of renewed US and Israeli attacks, its security forces are breaking up Halloween celebrations, closing cafes and detaining people for gathering in public.
A Revolutionary Court in Tehran has sentenced social media activist Amirhossein Mousavi to death on charges of "corruption on earth" over his activity on X, his lawyer said Wednesday.
Iran executed at least 77 people in October, bringing the total recorded this year to 691, including 36 protesters, Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) said on Tuesday.
Iran International journalist Negar Mojtahedi received the 2026 Bill Good Award at the 40th annual Webster Awards in Vancouver on Monday, in recognition of her reporting on war, state violence and human rights violations in Iran, often at great risk to her personal safety.
Amirhossein Maleki, a 20-year-old protester hanged in Isfahan on Tuesday, was blindfolded, given a noose and had a chair kicked from under him in a mock execution after he retracted a confession he said was extracted by torture, a source told Iran International.
Iran's exiled prince Reza Pahlavi called on European governments to end what he described as appeasement of Tehran as he arrived in Brussels on Tuesday, after two men arrested during January protests in Isfahan were executed.
Amirhossein Maleki and Amirhossein Ebrahimi were hanged in connection with January protests in Isfahan, Iranian authorities said on Tuesday.
Several employees at subsidiaries of Bank Pasargad, one of Iran's largest private banks, have been fired or barred from their workplaces amid tighter enforcement of the country's mandatory hijab laws, people familiar with the matter told Iran International.
Three young men sentenced to death in connection with Iran's January protests face imminent execution after their families were summoned for final visits on Monday, according to human rights activists.
Students across Iran have described tighter surveillance, restrictions on gatherings and pressure to participate in military and ideological activities, with some facing threats of expulsion or police referral, according to accounts received by Iran International.
A University of Tehran doctoral student reportedly attempted self-immolation outside a university building after repeated disciplinary summonses and security pressure, the student-run Tehran-Daneshjoo channel said Sunday.
A 17-year-old Iranian teenager shot dead while helping a wounded protester in January had previously been abducted and tortured by security forces at age 13 for taking part in anti-clerical moves during the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom uprising, Iran International has learned.