Ayatollah Khamenei has agreed to pardon and commute the sentences of a group of convicts on the occasion of the birth ...

Israel largely destroyed Evin prison, one of Iran’s most infamous symbols of oppression, in June. Less than two months later, Iran began returning male prisoners. By Farnaz Fassihi and Leily ...

(Beirut) – Iranian authorities used a “guillotine machine” to amputate fingers of three detained men in the late hours of July 30, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. The three men, Hadi Rostami, 38, ...

A few weeks ago marked the 37th anniversary of one of the darkest chapters in modern Iranian history: the 1988 prison massacre. Acting on a fatwa issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the regime ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Last month’s war with Israel and the United States lasted only 12 days, but Iran is likely to feel its consequences for years. The country’s intelligence ...

(Beirut) – Israeli airstrikes on Iran’s Evin prison complex in Tehran on June 23, 2025, were unlawfully indiscriminate and an apparent war crime, Human Rights Watch said today. The strikes hit several ...

Iran has arrested 20 people it accuses of spying for the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency — warning it will show no mercy. “The judiciary will show no leniency toward spies and agents of the ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. a bright line runs through Iran’s domestic movement for democratic change: on one side, frank opponents of the regime, and on the other, proponents of ...