Iranian prosecutors have filed criminal charges against activists and journalists following a BBC report that alleged ...

As Radio Free Europe (RFE) reported, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards Corps squads in Tehran, Hasan Hasanzadeh, ...

A rapper in Iran who rose to fame after the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini and criticizing the Islamic Republic has been sentenced ...

Hijab-wearing is now more strictly enforced, with hundreds of women in prison for breaking modesty laws. The same day Iran launched its ... flashpoint since protests over the death of a young ...

Laurence said the head of Iran's Islamic ... nationwide protests in 2022 sparked by the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, arrested for alleged violations of the hijab laws.

The same day Iran launched its first ever direct attack on Israel it embarked on a less-noticed confrontation at home, ...

The elder sister of Nika Shakarami, a 16-year-old girl who was killed during the 2022 anti-government protests in Iran, has ...

Salehi is known for expressing critical views of Iran during the protests. Legal experts contend ... particularly under stringent compulsory hijab regulations. Concurrently, he urged the immediate ...

The French Iranian author and artist, best known for her graphic novel Persepolis, edited and contributed to a new graphic ...

Iran witnessed its largest protests since at least 2009 in response ... The mandatory wearing of the hijab was introduced by supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini on 7 March 1979, immediately after ...

Freedom" protests in recent years. They were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini - who died in the custody of Tehran's "morality police" after being arrested for violating Iran's hijab rules.