Asia Iran Human Rights Watch - a pressure group - explicitly accused Iranian authorities of using fabricated national security threats to crack down on protesters across the country
Asia Iran A month of protests across the country, sparked by death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of moral police, has awakened large international attention towards the moves of the clerical regime in place since the 1979 Islamic Revolution
Asia Iran Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi competed without a headscarf in a competition in Seoul, South Korea; she said she did so 'inadvertently' amid concerns for her safety after many thought she was supporting protesters
Asia Iran While the large street demonstrations have mostly subsided, the protest movement has moved inside universities and schools; when they reopened on Saturday, the first day of the Iranian week, protests broke out after two days of relative calm
Asia Iran Death of Mahsa Amini, 22, arrested by religious police accused of not wearing her headscarf in accordance with new rules, is unleashing the ire of Iranians in the streets and on social media, with several women removing their headscarves in protest
Asia Iran Iran strongly condemned the US decision to impose sanctions on its Ministry of Intelligence, accused of a the recent cyber attack on Albania
Asia Iran A court has sentenced Zahra Sedighi Hamedani, 31, and Elham Chubdar, 24, two gay rights activists, to death on charges of promoting homosexuality, activists said Monday, urging pressure from the international community to stop the execution
Asia Iran Ms. Maryam Kamyab, Mehr News Agency, won the Best Single Photo in the Sports Section at the 6th Iran Press Photo Awards, reportedly saying she was glad to receive it for “all limitations imposed on female photographers in the country’s sports photography"
Asia Iran The country denies involvement in Salman Rushdie attack, though the 1989 fatwa still stands and a semiofficial foundation had posted a bounty for the killing of the author
Asia Iran The country said it remains "optimistic" about a possible revival of the 2015 nuclear deal after the European Union tabled a proposal aiming for a compromise in talks stalled since March
Asia Iran Several people protesting on 17/07 against the drying up of Lake Urmia have been arrested; the basin, once the largest salt lake in the Middle East, began to shrink in 1995 due to prolonged drought, dam construction and water extraction for agriculture
Asia Iran On 11/07, filmmaker Panahi, winner of the Golden Lion in Venice, was arrested in Tehran; Panahi had signed a statement calling for the release of recently arrested colleagues Mohammad Rasoulof and Mostafa Aleahmad
Asia Iran Iran's decision to produce drones for Tajikistan, a country with strong cultural and ethnic ties to Tehran, marks a major milestone for the country; the drone factory in Tajikistan will be its first offshore weapons production facility