Mahsa Amini

Khamenei's gamble: Iran admits to the slaughter and counts on the world to look away - editorial

Khamenei himself bears the responsibility for this bloodshed.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks after casting his ballot during the runoff presidential election in Tehran on July 5, 2024.
 People gather during protest on January 8, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

The world is silent as bloodbath in Iran intensifies - opinion

IRANIANS GATHER while blocking a street during a protest in Kermanshah, Iran on January 8, 2026.

'Mercenaries for foreigners': Khamenei accuses Iranian protesters of acting on behalf of Trump

Iranians are seen protesting and blocking roads across Iran, on January 8, 2025

Internet, phone services shut down across Iran as protesters attack state broadcaster offices


Iranian woman strips clothes in protest after being assaulted for improperly wearing hijab - report

University officials claimed that the woman was suffering from "severe mental pressure and had a mental disorder."

 The young woman who stripped in protest after allegedly being assaulted for improperly wearing a hijab.

Official tied to brutal protest crackdowns in 2022 appointed new governor of Tehran

Motamedian, who worked for Iran’s Intelligence Ministry, was accused of overseeing mass arrests and authorizing the use of lethal force during the Iran protests in 2022.

 Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian attends a press conference in Tehran, Iran, September 16, 2024.

New sanctions: US targets 12 individuals in Iran for sanctions over alleged human rights violations

US State Department stated that they are issuing the sanctions in coordination with Australia and Canada, who are also rolling out new sanctions against those responsible for human rights violations.

People enter the State Department Building in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2017.

Iranian film to open Haifa International Film Festival

The 40th Haifa International Film Festival opens October 15 with 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' by Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof.

 A SCENE from the Iranian film ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig.’

Iranian police shoot, paralyze woman over hijab law violation

Police had been ordered to impound the car of 31-year-old Arezou Badri as she had been seen driving with her hair exposed - but fired on the car when she refused to stop.

 Iran's police forces stand on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023.

'If you want to execute Mohammadi, dig two graves': Iranian labor activist sentenced to death

Sharifeh Mohammadi, who has been imprisoned since December 2023, has not been granted visits and phone calls by family members.

 Sharifeh Mohammadi, from a post to Facebook.

Iran top court overturns rapper Toomaj Salehi's death sentence, lawyer says

Salehi's songs supported protests sparked by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish Iranian woman arrested for allegedly wearing an "improper" hijab.

Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi

'The West is next': Iranian activist visits Israel, takes on Iran threat, UN hypocrisy

Iranian human rights activist Lily Moo visited Israel, toured the site of the Nova festival massacre and issued a warning of what Iran would bring to the West.

 An anti-Israel billboard is seen next to the Iranian flag during a celebration following the IRGC attack on Israel, in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2024.

Iranian protester Mahmoud Mehrabi sentenced to death by regime

Mahmoud Mehrabi is the latest in a series of activists arrested in connection with the 2022 protests who have been sentenced to death.

 Iranian protests in front of security forces in Saqqez, November 2022

Leaked document details how Iranian protester was molested, killed - report

Nika Shakarami disappeared at a protest in Tehran in September 2022 before her body was found a few days later.

 The grave of Nika Shakarami.