A newly formed Alliance of Syrian and Iranian Socialists issues a call for civil struggle against the ayatollahs, regional strongmen like Assad and Erdogan, and the jihadists alike.
Amnesty International's annual report on the death penalty again notes an alarming surge in the number of executions worldwide—now reaching the highest total since 1989.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps claim to have test-fired several ballistic missiles, threatening the nuclear deal that just took effect earlier this year.
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.
