Iran will pardon or commute the sentences of a large number of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty, state media reported Sunday, although it is unclear how this will apply to people arrested in the ...

While the government said tens of thousands of prisoners were to be freed or get reduced sentences, rights advocates ...

A Norwegian-based human rights group is accusing Iranian security forces of deliberately shooting protesters -- particularly ...

The promise of amnesty came as Iranian prisons faced overcrowding after years of protests, although was also accompanied by a ...

Iran's supreme leader reportedly has ordered an amnesty or reduction in prison sentences for "tens of thousands" of people ...

News of the pardoning was communicated by the state-run IRNA News Agency, which said that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali ...

Iran has announced it would be suppressing its infamous morality police but nevertheless has carried out this week the execution of the second of a protest-related death row inmate after last ...

The decree by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, part of a yearly pardoning the supreme leader does before the anniversary of Iran's ...

STORY: Iran's Supreme Leader has pardoned "tens of thousands" of prisoners, including some arrested in recent anti-government ...

Authorities in the northern Iranian city of Amol have shut down a pharmacy after the female owner and a local cleric got into a confrontation over wearing a head scarf, an issue that has sparked ...

The pardon and reduction of sentences, reportedly issued by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was however said to exclude dual ...

Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday reportedly ordered an amnesty or reduction in prison sentences for “tens of thousands” ...