An Iranian court sentenced filmmaker Keywan Karimi to prison for "insulting sanctities"—a charge stemming from his documentary on political graffiti in post-revolution Iran.
Amnesty International released a report finding 160 juvenile offenders are currently on death row in Iran, with 73 executions of juvenile offenders carried out over the past decade.
Sanctions related to Iran’s nuclear program were formally lifted as the EU approved its compliance—but Obama imposed new sanctions related to the missile program.
Violent protests in Iran against Saudi Arabia's execution of a dissident Shi'ite cleric come as the Islamic Republic is itself preparing a mass execution of Sunni political prisoners.
The Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz, seeking autonomy for Iran's Arab minority, met in Copenhagen, drawing support from Syrian rebel leaders.
Iran is invited to the US-backed Vienna "peace" talks on the Syria war—seeming to confirm suspicions that cooperation against ISIS was the real motive behind the nuclear deal.
The Iranian military presence in Syria has rapidly escalated in recent days, with hundreds of fresh troops reported to be arriving at an airport in strategic Latakia governorate.
Iran's Guardians Council, made up of jurists and theologians, approved the nuclear deal with world powers, marking completion of the last step before implementation.
In a move protested by rights groups, Iran's regime hanged Kurdish political prisoner Behrouz Alkhani—despite a pending appeal of his death sentence before the country's high court.
Following years of drought, Iran has quietly sought help from the US in managing a severe water crisis during the same period that US-Iran nuclear talks were underway.
The Iran nuiclear deal comes as the US is in a de facto alliance with Tehran against ISIS, and includes a lifting of sanctions on a notorious commander of counterinsurgency forces in Syria and Iraq.
At least 500 people have been arrested and the majority sentenced to flogging in Shiraz, Iran, for failing to observe the daytime fast during the holy month of Ramadan.
