Baha’i detainee faces torture, mock executions in Iran, rights group says
A young Baha’i detainee in Iran has been subjected to torture and mock executions and is at serious risk, a rights group said on Tuesday.
Source: Iran International ▾
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British prisoner in Iran urges Starmer to ‘step out of shadows’
A British man jailed on espionage charges in Iran called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to step out of the shadows and publicly declare that he and his wife are innocent.
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Vahid, the life-saving ‘one-man army’ Iranians turn to when news is censored
As Tehran tightens control over wartime information, one of Iran’s most influential citizen journalists has come under renewed pressure: Vahid Online, long anonymous, is now stepping into the open.
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Wrestler’s execution raises fears for detained athletes in Iran
The hanging of a 19-year-old wrestler on Thursday intensified concerns over the fate of other detained athletes, with fears growing that more executions could follow in cases linked to protests earlier this year.
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Iran executes man accused of spying for Israel, judiciary says
Iran has executed a man identified as Kourosh Keyvani after convicting him of espionage for Israel, according to reports by the judiciary-linked Mizan news agency.
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Grief crossed the border: How Iranians abroad lived the January massacre
The killings of protesters in January did not end when the shooting stopped. For many Iranians living thousands of kilometers from the streets where the bullets fell, the event did not remain on their screens.
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Brisbane Roar welcomes Iranian players who sought refuge in Australia
Australian club Brisbane Roar said on Monday that it had welcomed Iranian players Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh to train with its A-League Women squad after the two applied for asylum in Australia.
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Iran’s security agents gang rape two nurses detained for aiding protesters
Two nurses working in a Tehran hospital who treated wounded protesters during the nationwide uprising in January were tortured and repeatedly gang raped by security agents while in custody, people familiar with the matter told Iran International.
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Iranians catalog tragedies blamed on the regime to counter antiwar narrative
Iranians across social media are sharing images of past tragedies tied to state mismanagement, repression and neglect, building a crowdsourced archive under a hashtag in recent days to argue the country’s suffering long predates the current war.
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Two charged in killing of Iranian-Canadian dissident Masood Masjoody
Two people have been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Masood Masjoody, a former instructor at Simon Fraser University and an outspoken critic of the Islamic Republic, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) said.
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Australia asylum staffer presses Iran women’s footballers to return
A member of Iran’s women’s national football team staff who previously sought asylum in Australia is trying to persuade players not to follow suit and instead return to Iran, according to information obtained by Iran International.
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Iran women’s football team kept under tight security in Kuala Lumpur
Members of Iran’s women’s national football team, after some delegation members sought asylum abroad, are being kept under tight security during a camp in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Iran International has learned.
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Tehran steps up threats against critics at home and abroad
Threatening rhetoric on Iranian state television has intensified fears of renewed repression, as presenters and officials warn critics at home and abroad they could face confiscation of property, prison or even death.
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US Senators urge probe of strike that killed scores of children in Iran
Nearly every Senate Democrat urged Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to open a swift investigation into a deadly strike on a girls’ school in Iran that killed scores of children, as new reporting raised questions about whether outdated US targeting data contributed to the attack.
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Inside the dramatic escape of Iranian women footballers seeking asylum
Members of Iran’s national women’s football team were closely monitored by security officials linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) during their stay in Australia, but several managed a dramatic escape from their hotel to seek asylum.
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Five Iran women’s football players seek refuge in Australia
Five members of Iran’s women’s national football team have left the squad in Australia and sought refuge in the country, informed sources told Iran International on Monday.
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Fears grow for Iranian prisoners as war raises risk of another Evin disaster
Human rights groups and families of detainees warn that wartime conditions inside Iranian prisons could trigger another tragedy like the June strike on Tehran’s Evin prison.
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'Your time is up': EU lawmaker says negotiations with Tehran must end
A senior member of the European Parliament is calling for a fundamental shift in Europe’s approach toward Iran, arguing that continued negotiations with the Islamic Republic are no longer defensible after Tehran’s deadly crackdown on protesters.
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Protests and crackdown spill into Iranian sport
The Islamic Republic’s harsh response to recent protests has spilled beyond politics into sport, where athletes now face a stark choice: compete in silence or risk reprisal.
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UN rights chief urges Iran to halt executions over protests
The United Nations human rights chief called for an immediate moratorium on executions in Iran on Friday after the first death sentence linked to January’s mass protests was issued and dozens more people were reported at risk.
