Iran is reeling from a cratering economy and stinging military setbacks across its sphere of influence in the Middle East.

Human rights groups accuse Iran's leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of using capital punishment as a tool following nationwide ...

GENEVA (Reuters) -The number of people executed in Iran rose to 901 last year, including 31 women, some of whom were ...

Inside the secret operations of Iranian company Sahara Thunder, revealed and visually reconstructed from more than 10,000 ...

Last month’s rapid collapse and fall of Syria’s Assad dynasty surprised the world, starting with Bashar Assad himself. Led by ...

The fate of an Italian journalist detained in Tehran and an Iranian engineer imprisoned in Italy on a U.S. warrant have grown ...

Iran saw an alarming rise in executions, reaching 901, including 31 women largely convicted for murder amidst contexts of ...

A new report claimed Iran executed an unprecedented number of people in 2024. Most of the executions took place following the election of its new president in late July.

Most executions were for drug-related offences, but political dissidents and people connected with mass protests in 2022 were ...