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Iranian opposition figure Mehdi Karrubi, who has been under house arrest for more than six years, has begun a hunger strike, his family says.
Former Vice President Hamid Baghaei has criticized Iran's judiciary and the treatment of prisoners following his release on bail.
Iranian opposition figure Mehdi Karrubi has been hospitalized due to a heart condition, his son said.
Iranian President Hassan Rohani’s younger brother, Hossein Fereidoun, has been arrested on unspecified financial crimes charges and an American citizen has been sentenced to a decade behind bars for "infiltrating" the country.
Iran has begun three days of mourning for former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who died on January 8 of a heart attack at the age of 82.
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi has called for the sacking of the head of Iran's judiciary for being directly responsible for "all injustices, corruption, and insecurity" in the judicial system and in the country.
Mehdi Karrubi, a top Iranian opposition leader who has been under house arrest for nearly six years, has resigned as secretary-general of his party.
Iranian political activist Peyman Aref has been deported from Turkey to Lebanon after being detained by Turkish security forces, his lawyer told RFE/RL.
Iran's president says the country deserves credit for hindering Islamic State (IS) militants and keeping the radical group from seizing control of Syria and Iraq in their entirety.
A revolutionary court in Iran’s Golestan Province has sentenced 24 believers in the Baha'i faith to as many as 11 years in prison each.
Seven hundred university teachers in Iran have sent a letter to the government, urging it to stop officials from interfering in the affairs of universities.
Several prominent labor activists have been arrested in Iran ahead of May 1, International Workers' Day.
Iran has urged Saudi Arabia to impose "the most severe punishment" on two Saudi police officers arrested on suspicion of sexually harassing two teenage Iranian boys at Jeddah airport.
A former screenwriter and producer with Iran’s state-controlled television has been in jail in Tehran for the past two months.
An Iranian legislator who has called for the release of opposition leaders from house arrest has been reportedly assaulted in the southern city of Shiraz.
A group of 47 Republican senators warned on March 9 that any nuclear deal between U.S. President Barack Obama's administration and Iran may be short-lived unless it obtains congressional approval.
The European Union's foreign policy chief has said a nuclear deal with Iran was "at hand," urging different sides to show political will ahead of a new round of talks scheduled in Geneva next week.
The execution of a juvenile Kurdish offender Saman Naseem, who was due to be hanged in Iran on the morning of February 19, has reportedly not been carried out on schedule.
Abbas Aragchi, the head of the Iranian delegation, described the talks as "useful" but said it is "too early to speak about any progress."
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met in Paris with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on January 16 for more talks on Tehran’s nuclear program.
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