Author: Iran News Wire

A Criminal Court in Tehran recently sentenced a 45-year-old man to forced blinding as qisas, the Islamic term for “retaliation” According to

The Ardabil Criminal Court sentenced twelve Azari activists to a total of 15 years of prison and 888 lashes yesterday

Research carried out by the Institute of Nutrition and Food Industry in Tehran showed a third of senior citizens are

Security forces opened fire on locals yesterday who protested the arrest of a Baluch activist in Tomp Rigan village in

A workers’ wife self-immolated on September 22 since her husband had not received wages for five months in Dehdasht, western

A Kurd prisoner was killed under torture on September 23 in the Greater Tehran Penitentiary. According to the Hengaw Organization, the

Iran’s judiciary announced in a September 5 press conference that eight men and women were sentenced to prison and lashes

Iran’s Judiciary spokesman said in a press conference on August 31 that lawyers who were detained in mid-August are charged

A children’s rights official said the number of Iran’s child marriages was three times higher than official statistics. The Statistical Center