Monarchistes, féministes, démocrates, artistes, militaires, à l’intérieur ou hors des frontières du pays... Depuis des années, l’Iran manque d’une opp
Stsiapan Latypau claimed authorities threatened to arrest his family members and friends if he did not plead guilty to organizing protests against aut
Government scoffs at opposition claims that it is using courts to decimate the opposition party
Officials of restored leftist government are pursuing those involved in 2019 ouster of socialist Evo Moraless and administration that followed
In VOA Persian interview, researcher Karim Dahimi said the dissidents' relatives told him they saw the bruises on the men before their executions
Moves seen as Tehran's latest effort to halt what it deems decadent Western behavior
In VOA Persian interview from her home in Canada, sister of Iran-based director Reza Mihandoust said authorities informed his lawyer of the prison sen
Source tells VOA Persian a court in Urmia notified Salar Taher Afhar's lawyer of sentence on Jan. 2 after convicting the activist for joining pro-Azer
Ali Azizi given 5-year sentence on charges of spreading anti-government propaganda and membership in illegal group, source tells VOA Persian Service
Lawyer Lyubov Sobol has announced she will run in parliamentary elections next year
In VOA Persian interview, source close to wrestler Navid Afkari's family said authorities in southwestern Iran destroyed two walls around Akfari's gra
In VOA Persian interview, source close to wrestler Navid Afkari's family said authorities in southwestern Iran destroyed two walls around Akfari's gra
L'opposant iranien Rouhollah Zam, un temps exilé en France, a été exécuté samedi matin, après la confirmation de sa condamnation à mort pour son rôle
Lawyer Ali Sharifzadeh told VOA Persian that Iranian authorities detained his client Amir Pourang Sarmadi Tehrani at the activist's workplace in north
Iran's Ministry of Intelligence said in a statement last week that Habib Chaab, an Iranian Arab dissident, is now in the Iranian government's custody
Leopoldo López, 49, has been holed up at the Spanish ambassador's residence since a failed military uprising he led in April 2019 aimed at ousting Pre
In VOA interview, source close to activist Jila Karamzadeh Makvandi said a judge notified Makvandi on September 28 that he sentenced her to six years
Opposition parties accuse the government of 'political victimization' in the guise of accountability
Joana Mamombe, a former opposition lawmaker who has accused state security agents of torture, is ordered back to prison
Maria Kolesnikova makes claim in legal complaint; Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says US deeply concerned
Olga Kovalkova says authorities told her she would face further arrests if she did not leave the country
Tondar did not confirm the detention
Iranian state television report did not say when or where Sharmahd had been detained
Forces also raided union offices and shut organization down for two years, escalating confrontation with group that has become a leading source of dis
Group fears Zimbabwe may be using the pandemic as a pretext to clamp down on citizens' freedoms
This week, police arrested a prominent investigative journalist and an opposition leader, accusing them of inciting public violence
Arsham Rezaee tells VOA Persian the prison term upheld Saturday by an Iranian appeals court was based on bogus charges which his lawyer was unable to
Family member tells VOA that Manouchehr Bakhtiari, whose son Pouya was killed in Iran's November 2019 protests, was still in detention as of July 20,
Tehran-based activist Reza Mazaheri tells VOA Persian he rejected a June 16 summons to a prison where he would serve his two-year sentence
In VOA Persian interview, Iranian Arab rights researcher Karim Dahimi says schoolteacher in Khuzestan province was punished for social media posts cri
Activist Hedayat Abdollahpour's brother Farhad said their father received a June 10 phone call asserting that Hedayat was executed around May 21
Mary Mohammadi was jailed earlier this year for joining anti-government protests
President Donald Trump imposed heavy sanctions on Iran after he withdrew the United States from Iran's nuclear agreement with world powers in May 2018
35-year-old computer programmer was detained on August 10 for taking part in rally to demand opposition and independent candidates be put on ballot fo
Les élections pour renouveler les 290 sièges du parlement iranien se tiennent vendredi 21 février, sans enthousiasme. Les Iraniens voteront aussi pour
Ruhollah Zam, 41, who had been living in exile before being arrested, had been accused by authorities of playing an active role in 2017-18 anti-govern
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced the arrest of Ruhollah Zam in October, describing him as a 'counter-revolutionary' who was 'directed b
Announcement comes amid upswell of anger and protests by Iranians in recent days