Iranian human rights activist Shirin Ebadi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, says "unfortunately, the nuclear energy issue has stalemated many issues in Iran, ...

Australia is imposing more sanctions on Iranian officials on the second anniversary of the jailing and death of Mahsa Jina Amini. The 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman was arrested in September ...

Iran faced global criticism at the 48th Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday, as member nations denounced the country’s treatment ...

While amputation is legally sanctioned in Iran, this practice contradicts various international legal standards, especially human rights obligations under treaties that Iran is party to. Iran is a ...

US Issues Fresh Iran Sanctions Over Alleged Human Rights Violations WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States issued a new round of Iran sanctions on Wednesday targeting 12 individuals who it said ...

Unfortunately, some human rights advocates — particularly in the Iranian diaspora — have adopted a similar stance, insisting that engagement only empowers the Iranian government.

The mass deportation is raising concerns about what fate awaits women and girls forced to return to life under the Taliban ...

An Israeli attack on Tehran's Evin Prison on June 23 killed 71 people, according to a spokesperson for the Iranian judiciary ...

Three Iranians were executed for allegedly spying for Israel, Iran's judiciary said, bringing the total put to death on ...

U.S. negotiators have a range of issues they can use as leverage, as outlined by the recommendations in the March 2025 report of the special rapporteur on human rights in Iran, ...

At least 71 people were killed in Israel’s attack on Tehran’s Evin prison, a notorious facility where many political ...