Forbidden Freedom

Five shopkeepers were arrested and 13 stores shut down by security forces in Alborz province, Iran, according to state-run media reports, for selling “unconventional clothing”

When news broke last month that Iran officials had cut the fingers of one of their citizens after being found guilty of theft, it served ...

The month of October was marked by Iran’s crackdown on freedom of expression. Security forces in the southwestern town of Lordegan made widespread arrests following ...

On Thursday, the Iranian government came under renewed pressure from human rights advocates after authorities announced that they had carried out a sentence of amputation ...

Police in Iran arrested 52 people during a raid on a mixed-gender party in the north-eastern city of Mashhad, according to the state-run ROKNA news ...

A group of lawmakers from the European Parliament on Wednesday recommended linking trade with Iran's regime to improvements in Tehran's atrocious human rights record

Officials in the Iranian island of Qeshm in the Persian Gulf say 15 young men and women were arrested in a “mixed-gender night party” at ...

A Basij official in Qeshm island has announced the arrests of 15 people at a night party in a resort on the island

Security forces in Iran have closed major routes leading to historic Pasargadae, the site of Cyrus the Great’s tomb in anticipation of spontaneous gatherings of ...

The International Judo Federation (IJF) said on Tuesday (Oct 22) it had banned Iran from competition indefinitely over the country's refusal to face Israeli competitors

These days, major powers shed light on the Iranian regime’s destructive and provocative behavior in the Middle East and across the world. However, it should ...