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Iranians in the western city of Mahabad held a rally and chanted anti-government slogans to mark the 40th anniversary of the mass execution of 59 youths in the 1`980s.

Iran’s ministry of intelligence has secretly buried another deceased Baha'i citizen without notifying the family or allowing a religious ceremony.

Some Iranian politicians are concerned that ultraconservatives who hold the majority in parliament might change the electoral law to serve their own interests.

Iranian trade unionist Reza Shahabi has warned in a letter from Tehran's Evin prison about increasing government pressure on protesting workers.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Saudi Arabia next week, amid Riyadh’s shifting foreign policy drawing closer to Beijing and a détente with Iran.

Teo members of US House of Representatives have introduced legislation to target those who help the Iranian regime avoid US sanctions.

Iran's top Sunni cleric Mowlavi Abdolhamid says clerics and religious seminaries must not be funded by the government to remain independent and critical.

A popular dissident Twitter account, 1500tasvir, says preliminary results of tests done on clothing of poisoned schoolgirls in Iran suggests the use of a nerve agent.

A senior Iranian cleric says around 50,000 of Iran's 75,000 mosques are closed, showing the declining numbers of Iranians attending.

The US has sanctioned Iran-based tech firm Arvan Cloud, its co-founders, and an affiliate UAE-based company over helping the regime censor Internet in Iran.

The enemy pursues regime change in Iran; Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib told a gathering of Iranian diplomats in Tehran on Friday.

Amid campaigning against Iran's appointment as chair of the UN Human Rights Council’s Social Forum, the Islamic Republic has gained another UN leadership position.

Iran has released two Austrian-Iranian hostages with reports suggesting the regime is about to free other prisoners with dual-nationality.

As tensions simmer between Iran and Azerbaijan, Baku has closed the Islamic Republic’s cultural attaché office in the city.

Pakistan has passed a special order to allow barter trade with Afghanistan, Iran and Russia for certain goods, including oil and gas, the Ministry of Commerce said Friday.

Top US and Israeli national security officials met in Washington Thursday and discussed “enhanced coordination” to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.

The US State Department says Washington has been providing VPNs to Iranians for access to the internet, especially since protests began in September 2022.

A reformist figure widely known in Iran as a regime apologist has acknowledged that the Islamic Republic is entangled in a quagmire of problems and crises.

At least 20 people have been injured by security forces who opened fire on protesters in the western city of Abdanan, Ilam province.

A Norway-based human rights group says Iran executed 142 prisoners in May, hitting a dark record even for the Islamic Republic.

Iran’s judiciary says diplomats from 28 countries and representatives of international organizations have visited the women's ward at the notorious Gharchak (Qarchak) Prison south of Tehran.