Alireza Akbari, a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and Iran, was executed after receiving an Iranian death sentence.
On Wednesday, Mr. Akbari's family was...
After years of tension, the Iranian foreign minister expresses optimism that diplomatic ties with Saudi Arabia can be repaired through dialogue.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein...
An Iranian-British national was executed by Iran's Supreme Court after being accused of spying for the British government.
According to Iran's judicial news agency, Mizan...
The activist daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been given a five-year jail term.
The charges against Faezeh Hashemi were not specifically...
The 'weaponization' of the death penalty to quell dissent has been denounced by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
According to the UN human...
Dozens of people showed up outside a prison in Iran overnight amid reports that the government was getting ready to execute two more anti-government protesters.
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A hundred days after they began, the longest running anti-government protests in Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution have shaken the regime, but at...