The lives of women and girls continue to be systemically devalued in Iran today. A new report is out from a UN fact-finding ...

"Of course, because the situation that has happened is not only threatening my family, but almost all of the people who live in the region,” he said. "The Islamic Republic of Iran, and the IRGC ...

For centuries, Tabriz was the capital city of the Azerbaijani people. Today ... Many Azerbaijanis live in Iran; 40% of Iran is Azerbaijani, and they are considered one of the largest minorities ...

Earlier this month, two men were convicted in a plot to kill Masih Alinejad, an Iranian American journalist and women’s rights activist living in New York. Her attempted assassination was orchestrated ...

It is estimated that 99% of refugees in Iran live in cities, towns and villages side by side ... By the end of June 2022, the total number of people worldwide who were forced to flee their homes due ...

French citizen Olivier Grondeau, detained by Iran since October 2022 on security charges but described by his family as an ...

Iran executed at least 975 people last year in a “horrifying escalation” of its use of capital punishment, two human rights groups said on Thursday. Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR ...

The convictions brought some measure of resolution to what U.S. officials have described as an unrelenting retaliation effort ...

The report highlights Iran’s escalating reliance on technology to monitor and punish women defying the mandatory dress code.

Iranian authorities acknowledge at least six million Afghans live in Iran, a country of about 90 million people, but some estimates are several million higher.

Human rights groups say those still in custody are being kept by Iran for use as bargaining chips in negotiations with foreign governments. The known prisoners may not include all those held ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. People mourn the death of Iran President Ebrahim Raisi following a helicopter crash ...