Middle East
Public date: 24.08.2017 23:12:18
9 Dec 2011
Iran was the world's worst jailer, with 42 journalists behind bars, as authorities kept up a campaign of anti-press...
10 Oct 2011
An Iranian student activist has been lashed 74 times for insulting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Peyman Aref, a student...
30 Sep 2011
Two Iranian bloggers have killed themselves after being detained by security officials thought to be from Iran's...
28 Sep 2011
A prominent Iranian human rights activist who was taken seriously ill after being detained by the authorities has been...
25 Aug 2011
The son of an Iranian doctor who was killed after examining the rape victims of the country's 2009 unrest has spoken for...
15 Jul 2011
A popular Iranian actor and outspoken supporter of the country's opposition movement has been arrested in Tehran after...
13 Jul 2011
Iran has stepped up online censorship by upgrading the filtering system that enables the Islamic regime to block access...
8 Jul 2011
Iran has executed an average of almost two people a day in the first six months of this year, human rights groups have...
24 Jun 2011
Prison guards in Iran are giving condoms to criminals and encouraging them to systematically rape young opposition...
22 Jun 2011
An Iranian photojournalist and women's rights activist who campaigned for female football fans to be allowed to enter...
1 Jun 2011
The daughter of a veteran Iranian dissident has died during clashes between mourners and security forces at her father's...
9 May 2011
Iran is playing an increasingly active role in helping the Syrian regime in its crackdown on pro-democracy protesters,...
9 Feb 2011
A 35-year-old Iranian web programmer is facing imminent execution in connection with developing and promoting porn...