France’s foreign minister said three French detainees being held by Iran face conditions that fall within the definition of ...

Iran's Islamic regime executed a record 1,000 people last year. But only four were hanged in public suggesting, experts say, ...

Human rights groups accuse Iran's leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of using capital punishment as a tool following nationwide ...

Mohammad Rasoulof on the logistical challenges of making The Seed of the Sacred Fig, the Academy Award–shortlisted film that ...

The number of people executed in Iran rose to 901 last year, including 31 women, some of whom were convicted of murdering ...

France summoned Iran’s ambassador on Friday to protest over the case of three of its citizens whose detention conditions the foreign ministry said were akin to torture.

Iran is reeling from a cratering economy and stinging military setbacks across its sphere of influence in the Middle East ...

Most executions were for drug-related offences, but political dissidents and people connected with mass protests in 2022 were ...

Iran says the man took his own life. He was traveling in Iran as a tourist, Swiss authorities say, when collared on espionage ...

Iran executed a record 1,000 people in 2024, almost 70 per cent of them after its new “reformist” president took office. The killings, the most in Iran in 30 years, took place across 86 prisons and ...

Journalist Cecilia Sala, who was held by Tehran police for almost three weeks for her "journalistic activities," has been released and is headed home.

At least 901 people were reportedly executed in Iran last year, including about 40 in a single week in December, according to ...