A female teenage student in southern Iran died by suicide after facing violence and threats from her school principal, a teacher's union said, marking the second such incident in a week.
A group of Iranian activists staged an artistic protest in London to honor a female student who recently disrobed to her underwear at a Tehran university in an apparent protest at Islamic dress code enforcement.
An Iranian lawmaker behind parliamentary efforts to restrict internet access for citizens has defended his and other officials’ frequent use of banned social media apps, claiming it is necessary to “defend” the establishment.
Iranian nurses protested across Iran on Thursday leaving several facilities minimally staffed as the government fails to address the country's healthcare crisis.
When an Iranian university student stripped down to her underwear—a move that drew global attention from figures like Richard Branson to Nobel Peace laureates—her protest refocused attention on the Woman, Life, Freedom movement.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Wednesday announced that Iran International along with BBC Persian and other media in exile covering Iran had been shortlisted for their annual Press Freedom Award for courage.
The female university student who shed her clothing on Saturday in an apparent protest over Islamic dress code enforcement was not expelled and is now undergoing treatment, an Iranian minister said on Wednesday without providing details.
A 16-year-old girl in Tehran took her own life following a confrontation with a school principal over wearing jeans instead of a required uniform during a field trip, her grieving father told a local news outlet.
Iran’s judiciary on Tuesday said a German-Iranian citizen died of a stroke last week before his scheduled execution, contradicting state media reports but providing few details.
The execution of an Iranian Jew on Monday has drawn criticism from a top rights monitor and highlights the anguish of the community as it is increasingly torn between the Islamic Republic and Jewish state.
Prominent activists and human rights advocates have condemned Iranian authorities for labeling a young female student from Tehran's Azad University as mentally ill after she stripped in apparent protest at an assault by security forces over her clothing.
The father of a protester killed in Iran’s 2019 demonstrations has been on a hunger strike for over a week, protesting his continued detention and lack of access to critical medical care.
A parliamentary spokesperson on Monday lamented that no legal action has been taken against a pharma manufacturer linked to a sanctioned state economic giant even after its medicines killed dozens of dialysis patients.