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16-Year-Old Iranian Girl In Coma ‘Following Attack by Morality Police’
Armita Geravand is being treated in hospital following an incident on the Tehran Metro. Iran’s authorities denied any assault took place by the morality police.
This Rapper Has Been ‘Brutally Tortured’ in Prison For Supporting Iran’s Protests
Toomaj Salehi has been imprisoned since October 2022 for supporting protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini.
Viral Footage of Security Guard Slamming Student’s Head Into Stairs Sparks Fury in Iran
A new wave of rebellion against the Iranian regime’s dress-code mandate for women is spreading across universities.
Iran Has Executed At Least One Person Every Day So Far in 2023
Iran has so far carried out 209 executions this year, according to the UN, including a spate of hangings for blasphemy.
Iranian Cleric Shot Dead by Bank Security Guard
Shocking CCTV footage broadcast by state media showed Ayatollah Abbasali Soleimani speaking on the phone in a bank branch in northern Iran, before a guard shot him.
5 Teenage Girls Reportedly Arrested in Iran For Dancing to Selena Gomez Song
The girls were forced to “confess that they’d made a mistake” after sharing a video of themselves dancing to “Calm Down” with their hair uncovered to mark International Women's Day.
‘I Couldn’t Breathe’: Hundreds of Schoolgirls in Iran Say They Were Poisoned
Around 700 girls from more than 30 schools in Iran have fallen ill in what is feared to be a series of suspected poisonings attacks. VICE World News spoke to victims about their ordeal.
‘This Is the Year of Blood’: Iranian Protesters Are Back on the Streets
Protests in Iran have reignited 40 days after two young men were put to death for their involvement in the protest movement.
Young Iranian Couple Jailed for 10 Years Over Video of Them Dancing in Public
The sentences handed to Astiyazh Haghighi and Amir Mohammad Ahmadi are longer than the one an Iranian man was given for beheading his teenage wife.
Man Who Beheaded His 17-Year-Old Wife Jailed For Just 8 Years in Iran
Sajjad Heydarnawa, who was filmed carrying the decapitated head of his wife, Mona, has been given a lighter punishment than many anti-government protesters.
Fears Are Growing That Iran Will Execute Two More Young Protesters
People have demonstrated outside a jail where it's believed Mohammad Ghobadlou, 22, and Mohammad Boroughani, 19, will be executed as Iran puts protesters through sham trials.
Iran Carries Out First Execution Linked to Protests After ‘Show Trial’
Anti-government protester Mohsen Shekari was hanged after being convicted of “waging war against God,” Iran’s state media said.