Farnaz Fassihi

At least nine other protesters remain on death row, accused of crimes ranging from burning a trash can to killing security forces.

Activists say it is the next phase in an uprising that began in September, after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of…

The house where the Islamic revolution’s founder grew up was set on fire during a fresh surge of anger over the government’s killing of children,…

Hundreds of minors have been detained for joining the demonstrations, and many others have died in the crackdown, according to Iranian lawyers and rights activists.

Iran’s security forces shot at windows and threw stun grenades in a raid at the Shahrak Ekbatan complex, where a member of the feared Basij…

The cause of the fire last weekend remains unclear, but witnesses and families of prisoners say that the authorities had been bracing for unrest in…

Evin Prison, in Tehran, houses thousands of dissidents and political prisoners. Witnesses described hearing gunshots and explosions as a blaze made its way through the…

The 16-year-old girls were killed by the Iranian security services in a crackdown on the protests that have rocked the country for the past month.

Universities across Iran have erupted in protests after more than decade of being politically dormant, with students joining the unrest that has convulsed the country…

Iranians fed up with oppressive rules and a battered economy have faced bullets, tear gas and arrests to demand an end to the Islamic Republic’s…