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An Iranian court has extended the prison sentence of Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi by 15 months for “spreading propaganda” against the Islamic Republic while in jail.
Shahla Lahiji, who died last week at the age of 81 in Tehran, is being remembered as an inspirational figure who broke down barriers for women in Iran. Faced with restrictions to her career after the Islamic Revolution, she entered the male-dominated world of publishing, enlightening minds by providing translations of foreign books and putting the views of women writers in Iran to print. Her efforts earned her praise and international recognition, as well as trouble with the authorities in Iran.
Sweden's Foreign Ministry says a Swedish national was detained in Iran, the third of its citizens to be held in custody in the Middle Eastern country.
Iraq has recalled its ambassador in Tehran after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) struck what they said was the spy headquarters of Israel in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, a deadly attack that deepened fears over the eroding stability in the Middle East.
The violent arrest of a woman over the weekend in western Tehran for her defiance of the mandatory hijab law and for resisting authorities as they impounded her vehicle has highlighted animosity over the government's Islamic dress code enforcement.
Two Iranian journalists face new charges for flouting Iran's hijab law after they published photographs on social media without wearing head scarves just hours after being temporarily released from prison, where they were serving lengthy sentences for their coverage of the death of Mahsa Amini.
Two Iranian journalists handed long prison terms for their coverage of the 2022 death in custody of Mahsa Amina have been granted “temporary release” on bail pending an appeal of their sentences, the country's judiciary said.
The Marshall Islands-flagged tanker seized by Iran in the Gulf of Oman on January 11 has been located east of Iran's Qeshm Island, monitoring service TankerTrackers.com said in a post on the X, formerly Twitter.
An Iranian-German citizen imprisoned in Tehran's notorious Evin prison has been released on a furlough, though she has to wear an electronic ankle bracelet that her daughter said makes the situation more like house arrest.
Since Kurdish-Iranian woman Roya Heshmati was lashed 74 times for an alleged hijab violation, her case has led to widespread condemnation in Iran and abroad and left her defending herself against attempts to smear her name.
Singer Mehdi Yarrahi has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison and 74 lashes for a song he released critical of Iran's law requiring women to cover their heads.
Several suspects have been detained in Iran in connection with the Islamic State-claimed deadly suicide bombings this week that killed at least 91 people during commemorations for a former Iranian commander.
The Islamic State (IS) extremist group has claimed responsibility for a pair of explosions in Iran that killed at least 89 people during commemorations in the southeastern city of Kerman for a former Iranian commander slain four years ago in a U.S. air strike.
More than 100 people were reported dead and scores were wounded when two explosions went off in Kerman, Iran, during commemorations of the death of military commander Qasem Soleimani. The double blast on January 3 struck crowds who had gathered near Soleimani's grave site.
At least 95 people died and more than 200 others were injured in two explosions set off during commemorations of the fourth anniversary of the death of Qasem Soleimani, a former commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps' elite Quds Force killed in January 2020 in an air strike by U.S. forces near Baghdad.
Dawood Abdullahi, a Kurdish prisoner of conscience, has been executed in Iran's Qazalhasar prison, local media reports said, after spending more than 14 years in prison.
The Iranian destroyer Alborz – a 51-year-old warship – has entered the tense Red Sea through the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait, Iranian state media reported on January 1.
Iran’s judiciary announced on January 1 that five unidentified people had been executed after being convicted of multiple armed robberies “that rendered roads unsafe and spread fear among people.”
The Iranian Embassy in Madrid said Tehran had released from detention Santiago Sanchez Cogedor, who was arrested after entering Iran in October 2022 in an incident reportedly related to protests over the death in custody of Iranian-Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini.
Four Iranians -- three men and one woman -- have been executed after being accused of spying for Israel, the Mizan news agency said.
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