Three American hikers who were jailed in Iran for over a year on spying charges are now suing Tehran for allegedly torturing them in captivity. Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal had been hiking on Iran's border with Iraq when they were detained by the Iranian authorities in 2009.…
The Iranian regime has imposed tough new laws to criminalise doctors as “accessories” in abortion cases as they look to force a baby boom for the country’s future. Under the Iranian Health Ministry’s tough crackdown, anyone found “aiding and abetting” an illegal abortion will face heavy penalties - including disbarment…
The UN has condemned Iran for installing a gruesome finger guillotine in a prison where it is scheduled to be used on eight convicted burglars. The grim gadget uses a rotating blade similar to a bacon slicer to chop off offenders' digits. The UN says it has been installed Tehran’s…
Iran has been accused of staging a mass execution of 12 prisoners in a grisly hanging. Sources say the inmates are all from an ethnic and religious minority. One was a woman who had been convicted of killing her husband. Dastgir Gargij, one of 12 people who were executed on…
An Iranian-born journalist is facing deportation from Israel after being granted safe haven in the country in 2017 and giving birth to a daughter there. Neda Amin faces being deported from Israel on the orders of Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, according to reports. She told local media on Monday that…
