Recent explosions of Hezbollah communication devices in Lebanon and Syria have triggered a complex web of reactions among Iranians, whose government is the primary backer of the armed group.
In the wake of the "Woman, Life, Freedom" uprising's anniversary, grieving families across Iran, in the face of heightened security, have gathered in cities nationwide, quietly holding private memorials to honor their lost loved ones.
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi on Sunday urged the United Nations to criminalize gender apartheid, in a message from prison on the second anniversary of Iran's 'Woman, Life Freedom' movement.
In a show of global solidarity, Iranians staged protest rallies across cities in Europe and Australia on Sunday, as communities in the United States also planned their own gatherings in different cities.
Despite the powerful protests from 2017 to the 2022 Mahsa uprising, Iran's political landscape remains intensely debated as analysts and opposition groups seek to understand why the Islamic Republic does not fall.
On the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in morality police custody, Iranian authorities have threatened her family with arrest as they restricted gatherings at her burial site to quash potential unrest.
Iran’s Mahsa movement (2022-2023) was a non-violent uprising aimed at overthrowing the Islamic rule established in 1979. The government’s sole response was to suppress the protestors because of the movement’s objective.
The world on Saturday witnessed a unified wave of protests marking the second anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, a young Iranian woman whose killing at the hands of Iran's morality police in 2022 sparked nationwide ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ protests.
Just a day before the fourth anniversary of the execution of champion Greco-Roman wrestler Navid Afkari, the Islamic Republic reportedly hanged a second decorated Greco-Roman wrestler, Morteza Yousefi, on Wednesday.
In spite of global sanctions and global condemnation, two years after Iran’s Woman Life Freedom uprising, “impunity for crimes reigns supreme”.
On the second anniversary of Iran's sweeping anti-regime protests, a new report by two rights groups calls for urgent international intervention to protect Iranian artists who face severe repression for their creative dissent.
Sara Deldar, a former political prisoner, has died due to multiple infections caused by pellet wounds sustained during the 2022 nationwide protests after being shot by Iranian security forces.
As global calls intensify to commemorate the second anniversary of Mahsa Jina Amini’s state-sanctioned killing, her family remains uncertain if security forces will permit a memorial ceremony in her hometown.