Iran's record execution rate casts shadow on death penalty reprieve for Kurdish activist Pakhshan Azizi - Activist stands ...

The Iranian government announced that it has decided not to punish women who do not wear the obligatory hijab, and the ...

Two ethnic Kurdish women, Pakhshan Azizi and Warisha Moradi, face possible imminent execution in Iran, Human Rights Watch ...

(Reuters) - Iran said it had arrested 13 adherents of the banned Baha’i faith accusing them of proselytising to children and adolescents, local media reported, drawing condemnation from an ...

Iranian women's rights activist Narges Mohammadi gave an interview to FRANCE 24 while on temporary leave from Tehran's Evin ...

After Real Britain highlighted the plight of four refugee sisters forced to flee their homes because of their love of ...

Iranian authorities arrested 10 women from the Bahai community in a series of coordinated raids, the Bahai International Community (BIC) announced on Wednesday, according to a report in the AFP ...

Iranian authorities on Wednesday arrested 10 women members of the Bahai community, a representative group said, warning of escalating repression against one of the country's biggest non-Muslim ...

TEHRAN: Iranian police arrested two young women after publication of a video in which they danced in a Tehran cemetery without adhering to the country’s strict dress code, television channels ...

Iranian Vice President Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday his government had put off enforcing the country's strict ...