Mostafa Rajaei banished from sport after gesture on podium with Israeli Maksim Svirsky at a championship in Poland Saturday, which 'crossed the red lines of the Islamic Republic'

Jafar Panahi, 62, was freed on bail in early February after nearly seven months in detention in Tehran for 'propaganda against the system'

Taraneh Alidoosti, known for her 2016 role in 'The Salesman,' detained for online posts supporting nation-wide demonstrations

Mark Eliyahu's ethereal music, partly inspired by his Jewish roots in Dagestan, is gaining recognition

250 signatories call for a committee to enforce 'serious legal consequences' for alleged pattern of exploitation and abuse on film sets

Women were expected to be allowed into the stadium for a match against South Korea, but federation now says no fans at all will be allowed to watch

In award-winning book 'From Miniskirt to Hijab,' Jacqueline Saper explains how watching her 6-year-old daughter don a hijab for 1st grade forced her to finally flee her homeland

Fans flood area of Tehran hospital where legendary singer succumbed at 80; former backer of Islamic regime surprised many by turning against it in 2009

Reports proliferate that taekwondo fighter Kimia Alizadeh has emigrated to the Netherlands and seeks to compete under different flag

As state media hails attack on US forces, there are also mixed feelings on how far nation should go to avenge killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani