With mass demonstrations having died down, US president affirms 'our commitment to the courageous people of Iran, to support their ability to advocate for their own future'

Iranian official says security services will be on high alert, warns those planning to 'take to the streets in the coming days' will face arrest

Move harkens back to 1981 exchange of cash for Americans held at Tehran embassy; simmering tensions between nations ratchet up consequences should contacts fail

IRGC says suspects 'active' in last year's protests and have criminal records, year after nationwide demonstrations sparked by death of young woman in custody of morality police

Activists accuse Iran of stepping up crackdown as September 16 nears, following a year of mass protests sparked by the 22-year-old Kurdish woman's death in custody

Negin Bagheri and Elnaz Mohammadi ordered to spend a month behind bars out of a mostly suspended 3-year sentence; ordered to undergo 'professional ethics training'

US-based activist says 'victims' family members have been targeted pretty systematically,' while Norway-based nonprofit says 486 people have been executed in Iran this year

Judiciary says Mehdi Yarrahi's new video 'defies the morals and customs of the Islamic society'; he has consistently backed women's rights protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death

Two men already executed in case of Basij member killed in Karaj during demonstration over death of Mahsa Amini

Nazila Maroufian walked out of prison on Sunday and posted images of herself on on social media with her head uncovered, in defiance of dress code for women