Mir Hossein Mousavi, a former official in Tehran's theocracy who has been under house arrest for years, argues the current system handing supreme leader final say no longer works

Jafar Panahi released from notorious Evin Prison; was detained last year on old charges when he went to Tehran prosecutor’s office to inquire about the arrests of other filmmakers

Lawyer for Farhad Meysami, arrested in 2018 while campaigning against Hijab requirement for women, posts photos of client's skeletal torso

Award-winning moviemaker, awaiting trial for 'propaganda against the system,' vows to refuse food, water, medication until he or his 'lifeless body' is freed from prison in Tehran

Supreme Court says family of policeman that Mohammad Ghobadlou was convicted of killing should have final word on whether or not deadly retribution should be carried out

Astiyazh Haghighi and fiance Amir Mohammad Ahmadi posted clip of themselves in front of Tehran's landmark Azadi Tower, she without compulsory headscarf

Iranian, Slovenian and American indicted for money laundering and murder-for-hire of Masih Alinejad; the three men are in custody and one is awaiting extradition to the US

Keyvan Samimi, 74, was sentenced to three years in prison for allegedly plotting against national security

Tehran blocks access to its banks, issues travel bans after Western nations penalize regime for crackdown on protests

Tehran threatens 'sanctions against human rights violators and promoters of terrorism in the European Union and England' after restrictions in response to protest crackdown