Javad Rouhi was buried in his home region
Lawyers were urging the Guardian Council to annul the recent legislation passed by the Iranian parliament that strips the country's bar association of its already limited independence.
Javad Heydarian said he was summoned by the Tehran prosecutor's office for images featuring unveiled women dancing at the LidoMa Festival in the Iranian capital
The Iranian Directors Guild described him as an intellectual who ‘infused a renewed vitality into Iranian cinema before the new wave;' he was 101
Several reports emerge of detainment of various civil and labor activists, along with family members of those affected during last year's widespread protests
Narges Mohammadi has been sentenced to an additional year in prison by the judiciary
Two labor unions strongly object to sentencing of Reyhaneh Ansari-Nejad, a retired worker, to four-year prison term
Morality police returned to the streets a week ago
Molavi Abdul Hamid says women not wearing a headscarf are “demonstrating civil disobedience”
Iran's morality police return to streets
Iran has sentenced Jamshid Sharmahd to death
The presence of the morality police had largely ceased following the nationwide anti-government protests sparked by the death last year of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody
Toomaj Salehi, who was arrested during nationwide protests in 2022, has been sentenced to six years and three months in prison
Toomaj Salehi’s songs had denounced Iran's Islamist rulers and the perceived injustices perpetrated against the Iranian people.
Threads, the latest social media network, was blocked by the Islamic Republic, denying access to the Iranian population, even though an account had already been created for Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's president
Germany’s Federal Administrative Court has upheld a determination that activities conducted by the Islamic Center in the city of Hamburg, known as the Blue Mosque, are those of an "extremist Islamic organization"
Analysts say membership likely to deepen relations with Russia and China
Mehdi Taj, head of Iranian Football Federation, renews promise of allowing women into stadiums, claims approval from Supreme National Security Council
Robert Malley is under investigation, reportedly for his handling of classified material
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