Activists say hopes dashed for extension of leave or for sentence to be converted to house arrest; furlough ends as Tehran looks over EU proposal for return to 2015 nuclear deal

Furlough comes days after world powers returned to Vienna in last-ditch effort to save Iran nuclear deal; activists see Fariba Adelkhah's jailing as hostage diplomacy by Tehran

Human Rights Office calls on Tehran to revise criminal penalties and halt all corporal punishments including amputation, flogging and stoning

Morad Tahbaz was released last week alongside two other British citizens, but is returned to jail barely two days after meeting his family in Tehran

Brother of Farideh Moradkhani says the activist is being held in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison

Supporters of Fariba Adelkhah say Tehran 'cynically using our colleague for external or internal purposes that remain opaque,' adding that authorities are endangering her health

Reporters Without Borders says dissident poet and filmmaker Baktash Abtin was 'deprived of the necessary care' and shackled to his hospital bed

Mohammad Mehdi Hajmohammadi says he takes responsibility for the 'unacceptable behaviors' seen in leaked videos of the prison

Purported hackers link release of security camera footage to election of new president, who was involved in executing thousands: 'A stain on Raisi’s black turban and white beard'

Amnesty International calls for immediate release of labor activist Mehran Raoof, who was reportedly arrested while helping to translate English-language news articles into Persian