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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Iranian authorities have executed 55 people so far in 2023, a rights group said Friday, adding that the surging use of the death penalty aims to create fear as protests shake the country.

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

Iran's supreme leader has pardoned "tens of thousands" of prisoners including some arrested in recent anti-government ...

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