Iranian judicial authorities have announced arrests and legal action against individuals who took part in New Year’s celebrations at historical sites, accusing them of desecration, disrupting public order, and violating Islamic norms.
Iranians across the country defied government warnings and took to the streets en masse on Tuesday night in celebration of the ancient festival of Charshanbe Suri in spite of a huge security presence.
The Islamic Republic’s crackdown over the years has gradually turned the ancient festival of lighting bonfires before Nowruz into a night of youth defying authorities.
Iran has unveiled a prototype of its national artificial intelligence (AI) platform, developed in collaboration with Sharif University of Technology.
An Iranian protester who was carrying a gun took his own life during a live Instagram broadcast on Saturday after security forces raided his residence in Izeh, southwestern Iran, activists confirmed.
Iranian women will overthrow the Islamic Republic even if it survives a war, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi said in a message marking the International Women's Day.
President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Wednesday he cannot implement a law that Iranians oppose, after hardliners largely thwarted his agenda by pushing out top aides and rejecting his overtures to Washington.
Iranian singer Mehdi Yarrahi, known for his protest songs in support of the Women, Life, Freedom movement, received 74 lashes as part of his sentence, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
Last week I took my teenage niece to a concert at Tehran’s iconic Vahdat Hall, where two large portraits hang high on stage walls, watching over the audience. “What’s the Islamic Republic doing here,” my niece joked.
Two years after Iran's 2022 protests, escaped dissidents tell Iran International about bureaucratic hurdles and asylum denials.
A prominent sociologist in Tehran has warned that Iran could face widespread protests if the government fails to improve the country’s worsening financial situation and curb rising prices.
Iran is on the cusp of a possible revolution, exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi said in an interview with The Telegraph published Sunday, calling on Western countries to brace for the historic change.
The Iranian government faces a delicate challenge in handling current university protests amid broader public frustration over rising prices and stalled diplomacy with the West.
Exiled Iranian prince Reza Pahlavi called for unity and democratic engagement among opposition forces during a meeting in Munich on Sunday.
Protests over the death of a 19-year-old University of Tehran student continue to intensify, as others gathered in front of the university's central library on Saturday amid reports of a heavy security presence on the main campus.
Security forces arrested at least four students at Tehran University's dormitory after students held a protest earlier on Friday against the recent murder of a classmate by thieves.
Exiled prince Reza Pahlavi said on Thursday that the Munich Security Conference (MSC) retracted his invitation at the behest of the German government due to threats from the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Iran's security forces on Thursday arrested dozens who gathered in central Tehran to protest the ongoing house arrest of the 2009 Green Movement leaders.
Recent rallies organized by vigilantes outside the Iranian Parliament and in the religious city of Mashhad have sparked criticism over the state's selective enforcement of freedom of assembly.
A young Iranian woman was arrested for appearing without a mandatory head covering and chanting "death to the dictator" in a public square in southwestern Iran on Monday, an eyewitness told Iran International.
On Monday, the Iranian state marked the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, set against the backdrop of controversies surrounding potential talks with the United States, mounting public discontent and a deepening economic crisis.
Iranian people marked the 46th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution with cries of "Death to the Islamic Republic" and "Death to the Dictator" ringing through several cities across the country on Sunday night.