Human rights group says 220 people died in two days during November crackdown by security forces on gas price demonstrations

Yasser Rafsanjani says regime elements 'outside the parliament' preventing change in government, after latest vote sees record-low turnout, surge for hardliners

Guardian Council bars thousands, most of them relative moderates and reformists; conservatives expected to make an overwhelming resurgence in Friday's vote

Two shooters armed with rifles fire at Abdolhossein Mojaddami, head of Basij paramilitary forces in the town of Darkhoein and an associate of slain general Soleimani

Among those openly criticizing regime are actors vowing to boycott a film festival, a famed volleyball player and a former state TV presenter who apologized for '13 years of lying'

State department targets IRGC's Hassan Shahvarpour over 'massacre of 148 helpless Iranians in the Mahshahr region,' but Washington adds Iran is deescalating tensions

US president says Soleimani bad-mouthing led to his decision to authorize the drone strike that killed him

US president mocks Iranian supreme leader, writes in support of the 'noble people of Iran,' after Khamenei attacks US and Europe in speech

Nation's top leader says outpouring of grief for slain general shows Iranians support Islamic Republic; claims missile attack in Iraq was a 'blow to America's image'

Tehran's admission of responsibility in downing passenger jet amid high military tensions with US triggered days of street protests