Iran News News Iran » People: Iran: Human rights investigators alarmed by ‘surge in repression’ and spike in executions following Israeli airstrikes
The Independent UN Fact-Finding Mission investigating alleged rights abuses in Iran says there has been a “surge in repression and extraordinary spike in executions” there since Israeli hit the ...
News Iran » People: Hundreds condemn Iran’s brutal rise in executions — as record 280 people are hanged in October: ‘Unprecedented intensity’
Hundreds of Iranian activists condemned Tehran’s alarming use of the death penalty – after a coalition of dissident groups reported the hangings of 280 people, including children, in October alone.
News Iran » People: Ex-Mossad chief behind Iran nuclear warehouse raid says Iran’s atomic sites ‘obliterated,’ credits Trump
Former Mossad director reveals Iran's nuclear sites were 'obliterated' in U.S. strikes, warns Tehran that Israel 'can come again' if uranium enrichment resumes.
News Iran » People: 'High-ranking' Russian mobsters get 25 years for Iran-backed plot targeting Masih Alinejad
Accepting a $500,000 contract to kill Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad earned Russians Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov each 25 years in prison on Thursday.
News Iran » People: Iranian-Americans and dissidents rallied against 'murderous regime agents' as Iran's president addressed UNGA
Thousands of Iranian Americans rallied in New York, rejecting Pezeshkian’s legitimacy and calling for a democratic Iran.
News Iran » People: ‘I want my daughter to see a strong, free mother’: Iranian women keep hope alive with daily acts of resistance
Iranian authorities brutally suppressed the Woman, Life, Freedom protests, but women in Iran and the diaspora are continuing the fight in small but meaningful ways.
News Iran » People: 'Win-win for our people': Iranian opposition seeks Israeli expertise in visit for post-regime Iran
A seven-member team led by Crown Prince associates explores a cooperation blueprint for post-Islamic Republic Iran. A high-level Iranian opposition delegation arrived in Israel this week to meet with ...
News Iran » People: Wedding Dress Of Iranian Politician’s Daughter Sparks Outrage Amid Headscarf Surveillance
Iranian politician Ali Shamkhani is being accused of “hypocrisy” over a resurfaced video reportedly showing his daughter’s wedding ceremony. Shamkhani was part of the government when Iran arrested ...
News Iran » People: Iran’s president calls for new capital to replace Tehran
In 1786, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar moved the capital of his newly unified kingdom of Iran to a then-quiet settlement at the foot of the northern mountains: Tehran. Now, more than two centuries later, ...
News Iran » People: Iran executes person accused of spying for Israel
Iran's official judiciary news agency has reported that the country has executed a person convicted of spying for Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad in the city of Qom ...
News Iran » People: ‘Mass killing campaign’: Watchdog says Iran has executed at least 1,000 people in 2025
Iran has executed at least 1,000 people so far in 2025, a non-governmental organization said Tuesday, denouncing a “mass killing campaign” in prisons in the Islamic Republic. At least 64 executions ...
News Iran » People: New US sanctions target 50 people, companies and ships for allegedly aiding Iran's oil and gas trade
The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on a group of 50 people, companies and ships largely out of the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong and China. The United States alleges they ...