Activists say Swedish nationals have been especially targeted over the life sentence given in Sweden to former Iranian prison ...
as the pace increased from two executions per day before Oct. 7 — when Hamas triggered the Gaza war — to three to four per ...
Iran’s supreme leader has been enjoying himself lately on X, the social media platform. In one post, he delighted at pro-Palestinian protests on U.S. campuses; in another, it was someone waving the ...
Governed by the barrel of the gun rather than the hand of the statesman, Iran’s rulers enforce control without legitimacy, steering the nation into a dark tunnel of instability and fear. The fabric of ...
In a rare statement from a Western government, France condemned Iran's taking of hostages to serve as blackmail to extract concessions from the west, including 4 French citizens, for whom the country ...
Arrested multiple times and tortured, the popular Iranian music artist was sentenced to death on April 24 for his participation in the protests after the 2022 death of young Mahsa Amini.
A report by Amnesty International found that executions in Iran had reached an eight-year high in 2023, after the country executed 853 individuals. But in the span of just 10 days, another 37 have ...
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, finds solace in Elon Musk's platform, citing anti-American sentiments amidst ...
It's also regularly applied to certain drug traffickers. Iran is second only to China in the number of executions it carries ...
Under Khamenei, Iran has experienced an alarming intensification of state control and a severe curtailment of personal ...
Iran is using rap music to promote hardline Islamist values ... Salehi was first arrested in September 2021 after his songs ...
A 2023 report by Amnesty International found a significant increase in executions in Iran, with the country reaching nearly ...