Iran

The release of a Spanish national detained in Iran was a “humane” step, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said; Santiago Sanchez Cogedor was held as protests were roiling Iran after the death in custody of the young Iranian Mahsa Amini

A new border crossing between Iran and Azerbaijan was inaugurated in the presence of Iranian and Azerbaijani officials during a ceremony at the shared border

On the day the Nobel Prize was awarded, on the stage at Oslo City Hall, an empty chair represented Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi, in the presence of her twin children Kiana and Ali, who, in exile in France since 2015, read their mother's speech

Behrouz Chamanara, a language professor at the University of Kurdistan, was fired in September, shortly after the local intelligence office rejected his qualifications; Chamanara declared that dismissals are used to 'impose silence' in universities

The Iranian men's weightlifting team took first place at the World Junior Weightlifting Championships 2023 in Mexico, after collecting five gold, nine silver and one bronze medal

An Iranian court ordered a five-year prison sentence against a French citizen tried on national security charges; France called the sentence 'unacceptable' as there appears to be no evidence to support it

The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought - awarded by the European Parliament - went this year to Iranian Mahsa Jina Amini and the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' movement

The condition of a 16-year-old Iranian girl, in a coma after an alleged assault on the Tehran metro because she wasn't wearing proper attire, has 'deteriorated' in hospital, local media reported

Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, VP of the Centre for the Defence of Human Rights, 'who has been fighting against the death penalty and for women's rights for years, and who is still imprisoned in Tehran'

Iranian women who violate the strict Islamic dress code that requires them to cover their heads and dress modestly face up to 10 years in prison under toughening approved Wednesday

Ahead of the first anniversary of Jina Mahsa Amini's death on 16 September, her family wrote that they intended to mourn at her grave site; since last year, Amini's family has been under close surveillance by the Iranian authorities