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An Iranian official announced Tuesday the release of approximately 140 people detained during violent protests following the controversial reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad . Human Rights Watch has reported that...

Protesters in more than 100 cities gathered Saturday to show opposition to the alleged Iranian human and civil rights violations which followed the nation's controversial presidential election . The Global Day of Action was...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has implemented a law requiring the country's Internet service providers to retain records of users' incoming and outgoing data for at least three months, according to a Monday report ...

The number of deaths during post-election protests in Tehran exceeds government reports , the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) reported Wednesday. The rights group claims that at least 34 demonstrators died on June...

People arrested in Iran after last month's disputed presidential election have been beaten, deprived of sleep, and threatened with torture in an effort to force false confessions, according to a report released Wednesday by Human...

Iranian opposition leaders called Tuesday for the release of persons detained for their alleged involvement in protests following last month's disputed presidential election . The request was brought jointly by candidates Mir Hossein...

Hossein Rassam, a chief political analyst working for the British Embassy in Iran , has been charged with "acting against the national security," his lawyer said Saturday. Rassam was one of nine Iranian employees of the British Embassy...

A prominent conservative newspaper in Iran urged in an editorial Saturday that opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi and former reformist president Mohammad Khatami be tried for crimes against the...

Iranian employees at the British Embassy in Iran will face trial over accusations they contributed to the political protests that followed Iran's recent disputed presidential election according to statements made Friday by Ayatollah...

The Iranian government on Wednesday prevented the publishing of the opposition Etemad-e-Melli newspaper in its latest move to quash anti-government reporting in the country. International journalists in the country have also...