As Israeli and US bombs continue to pummel Iran, the friends and families of political prisoners in the Islamic Republic have grown increasingly fearful for their safety. There have been reports of ...

As tensions put Iran back in the global spotlight, the name 'Butcher of Tehran' has resurfaced in discussions about the ...

As US, Israeli and Iranian strikes continued for a fifth day, a top Human Rights Council probe warned on Wednesday that Iranian prisoners including detained protesters face expedited death penalty ...

President Donald Trump and his team have given shifting and sometimes conflicting reasons for striking Iran, even as they ...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday warned that more Iranians face the risk of being executed after widespread anti-government protests last month. “I am horrified ...

Iran’s eliminated tyrant Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spent nearly 37 years as the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader, presiding over a regime ...

WASHINGTON—When President Donald Trump ordered strikes on Iran last summer, he and his administration repeatedly declared ...

Iran’s eliminated tyrant Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spent nearly 37 years as the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader, overseeing a murderous, oppressive regime with more than 30,000 state-sponsored ...

Volker Turk has called for an immediate moratorium on the use of the death penalty in Iran.

I am horrified by reports that at least eight people, including two children, have been sentenced to death in connection with the protests,” Volker Turk said.

Ayatollah Khamenei became Iran’s supreme leader in 1989, wielding ultimate religious and political authority over the state ...