Ahmadreza Jalali, an Iranian-Swedish academic on death row in Iran since 2017, accused the Swedish government of doing nothing to obtain his release, in a voice message obtained by AFP on Tuesday.

Khamenei continues to resist such notions. In a defiant speech on January 8, he lambasted the U.S. as an imperialist power ...

The Centre for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) released a press release on Monday claiming Iran has escalated its crackdown on human rights lawyers and other dissenters as part of its expanding ...

Germany has welcomed the release of a German Iranian rights activist from prison in Iran and her return to Germany ...

Nahid Taghavi, an Iranian-German women's rights activist, has been released from prison and is back in Germany after more than four years incarceration in Iran, Amnesty International said on Monday.

Iranian Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi, currently on leave from prison after over three years behind bars, on ...

Iran International reports that Iran is trying to liquidate millions of barrels of oil stored in Chinese ports to prevent economic damage from anticipated sanctions under the incoming Trump ...

TEHRAN: Iran, bracing for a possible re-imposition of incoming US president Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" policy, said on Saturday (Dec 28) that 2025 would be an important year for its nuclear ...

WASHINGTON — After dealing devastating blows to militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah, Israel is now directing its military prowess at another key force backed by Iran: the Houthi rebels in Yemen.

"It is clear," he states, "that if Trump continues to pursue a pressure-based approach against Iran, Tehran must disrupt Washington's calculations as the Leader of the Islamic Revolution has indicated ...

Regardless of the reason for her detention or any charges eventually announced against Sala, the Islamic clerics who rule Iran have a well-established record of silencing dissent. All media ...

Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist for the newspaper Il Foglio, was arrested in Iran earlier in the month, Italy’s foreign ministry announced on Friday. The arrest took place on Dec. 19 but was only ...