In the wake of the Iran protests, Western feminists must stand in solidarity with South Azerbaijani women, who are fighting ...

The rights activist Narges Mohammadi is protesting her continued detention, her family said. She was arrested again in ...

An ongoing internet blackout and intensifying crackdowns are obstructing documentation of abuses in Iran, as women human rights defenders face arbitrary arrest, ill-treatment, and prolonged detention.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday accused Iranian authorities of causing three women to perish in Qarchak prison after systematic denial of adequate medical care, raising serious concerns over right ...

Thousands of Iranian protesters were arrested in the months after the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022, following her arrest for improperly wearing her hijab. Many spent time at the notorious Evin prison ...

Carlisle Rivera, who prosecutors say was hired as part of a murder-for-hire plot to assassinate Iranian dissident Masih ...

Iran has executed at least 1,000 people so far in 2025, the highest such figure in some three decades, an NGO said Tuesday, denouncing the "mass killing campaign" in prisons as a crime against ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration following the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran, in Istanbul, Turkey, ...

During the 60s and 70s, Iran experienced a cultural effervescence and women's voting rights despite the authoritarian regime ...

On October 9, 2019, Iranian Baha’i computer engineer Azita Rafizadeh was released from Evin Prison after serving a four-year prison sentence in connection with her Baha’i faith. At the time of her ...