An Iranian rapper snatched from his home after he voiced support for the ongoing protests has been sentenced to death by a notorious judge in the Islamic Republic. Saman Yasin poses in an undated photo. Saman Yasin, a rapper from Kermanshah, Iran, was charged by a court in Tehran with…
A Shia cleric and Khamenei loyalist has been shot dead by masked gunmen in a majority-Sunni city in Iran, sparking fears of sectarian conflict. Sajjad Shahraki poses in an undated photo. Sajjad Shahraki, a Shia cleric, was shot dead by armed men in Zahedan in Sistan-Baluchestan province in Iran Thursday,…
The father of a jailed Iranian journalist has reportedly suffered a heart attack in front of the prison where his son is being held and apparently tortured. Photo shows the father of Hossein Ronaghi lying on a hospital bed in an undated photo. Hossein Ronaghi was arrested along with his…
Iran's security forces have demanded a GBP 4,000 bounty to hand over the body of a man they are accused of shooting dead in the street, it has emerged. Mehran Shakari poses in an undated photo. He was allegedly killed in Karaj, Iran. (Newsflash) Mehran Shakari was killed in Karaj,…
A Kurdish PhD student allegedly beaten into a coma by security police at an anti-regime demo has died in hospital. Nasrin Ghaderi, 35, was allegedly struck on the head by baton-wielding security police at a street protest in Tehran on 4th November. She was taken to hospital but died later…
