Iran will pardon or commute the sentences of a large number of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty, state media reported ...

The pardon approved by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei came with conditions, which the measure would not apply to any of the numerous ...

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

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

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

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 ...

These demonstrations posed the most significant threat to Iran’s government since 1979, fueling speculation that today’s ...

Iranian officials said that "tens of thousands" of people jailed during the country's ongoing protests would be pardoned or ...

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

In May, Meysami went on a hunger strike to protest the possible execution of Ahmadreza Djalali, a Brussels university professor with dual Iranian-Swedish citizenship. He ended the hunger strike ...

To stop these executions, a comprehensive strategy must be devised by a coalition of democratic governments using all ...

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