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Former Iranian deputy foreign minister Mohsen Aminzadeh has been sentenced to six years in prison for his participation in protesting last year's contested Iranian presidential election , state-run Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA)...

Iranian authorities have arrested seven for allegedly planning to provoke rioting on February 11, the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution , including several in the employ of the US Central Intelligence Agency , according to a...

Iran will "soon execute" nine more Iranian citizens for their roles in last summer's post-election protests , according to a statement given by senior judiciary official Ebrahim Raisi to the Fars News Agency Tuesday. The...

The Iranian judiciary said Thursday that five people arrested during in last month's violent riots will be tried for Moharebe, or warring against God, which is punishable by execution. The names of the accused have...

Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar on Tuesday warned opposition activists that they could execution if they continue anti-government protests. Najjar's statement came one day after the Intelligence Ministry announced that several foreigners were...

At least four people were killed in Iran on Sunday after violence broke out between government security forces and opposition protesters. The protests, which were the largest since those that followed the June presidential election , interrupted...

Iranian economist and journalist Saeed Laylaz was sentenced to a nine-year jail term on Wednesday for possessing classified information and participating in protests following the contested presidential election in June . Laylaz has been a longstanding critic...

Iranian officials covered up the sexual assault of detainees held after the disputed June 12 presidential election , Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday. HRW documented the rape and sexual assault of three...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran on Monday called for the UN General Assembly to appoint a special envoy to investigate allegations of human rights abuses...

A panel of Iranian judiciary members has dismissed claims made by pro-reform presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi that detainees arrested following the disputed June 12 presidential election were sexually assaulted, according to a state media...