The Islamic Republic publicly executed two Iranian protesters in Isfahan at dawn on July 28. Several hundred people gathered near a stage set up in the city’s Alikhani Square, but instead of cheering the execution, they chanted slogans against the police, prompting anti-riot units to disperse the c»»»

TEHRAN, May 17: A growing body of testimony from inside Iran’s prison system is exposing a grim reality: detainees are subjected not only to brutality but to systematic sexual violence designed to break them. Survivors, rights groups and investigators describe a pattern that goes beyond repression »»»

Detainees in Iran’s prisons are being subjected to beatings, rape and psychological abuse, according to testimonies that lay bare the lengths the Islamic Republic will go to crush dissent. Despite the regime’s long-standing reputation for brutality, accounts of sexual violence and intimidation reve»»»

Iran's health ministry on Monday urged those injured in recent protests to go to hospital, after rights groups reported that security forces have been detaining demonstrators wounded in a violent crackdown. Protests broke out in late December over economic grievances, but turned into a mass movemen»»»

Anti-government protesters demonstrate on January 8, in Tehran. Getty Images Sulaimaniya, Iraq — Farzat never meant to be a taxi driver. While he was studying law in Tehran, he dabbled in politics. That’s when his troubles began, he told CNN. He was arrested and jailed four times over the last nine»»»

A family member of Erfan Soltani, the first Iranian protester sentenced to death, said on Wednesday they had no idea if he was still alive after the deadline for his execution passed with no word from the authorities. Soltani, a 26-year-old clothing shop employee, was arrested in Karaj, a city nort»»»

TEHRAN, Nov 11, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Iranian authorities on Tuesday carried out a public execution of a man convicted of killing a physician in the southwest of the country, the judiciary said. "The qisas (retribution) sentence for the murderer of Dr Davoudi... was carried out in public this morning in»»»

PoliticsIranIranian labor activist Mohammadi still on death row Shabnam von HeinHuman rights organizations have called for the death sentence against union organiser Sharifeh Mohammadi to be dropped. Tehran accuses her of "armed rebellion." https://p.dw.com/p/50ouySharifeh Mohammadi faces imminent »»»

close Video NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Iranian media reported that 27 inmates from the notorious Evin Prison remain at large following an Israeli airstrike last month. After Israel’s strike during the 12-day war, 75 inmates escaped from Evin prison, according to the Associated Pres»»»

— Mehdi Yarrahi, an Iranian singer and musician known for his song encouraging women to remove their hijabs, was lashed 74 times Wednesday as part of his punishment for supporting the protests that swept the country, his lawyer said. The punishment was “fully and completely implemented,” his attorn»»»