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Iran unleashes 'wave of repression' after Israel war: activists

Iranian authorities have arrested hundreds of people and executed dozens in a wave of repression following the 12-day war with Israel, activists say,...

01.07.2025 30

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By Stuart Williams

Alive but weakened, Iran's Khamenei faces new challenges

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has re-emerged after the war with Israel but faces a struggle to maintain the authority he has wielded...

28.06.2025 10

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Iran hangs three more accused of spying as fears grow for Swede

Iran on Wednesday hanged three men convicted of spying for Israel after what activists decried as an unfair trial, bringing to six the number of...

26.06.2025 2

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Son of ousted Iranian shah warns West against 'throwing lifeline' to Iran leadership

Europe and the United States should not give a lifeline to the Iranian leadership under Ayatollah Ali Khamenei through talks when his rule is "closer...

24.06.2025 3

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If Iran's Khamenei falls, what would replace him?

Israel increasingly appears eager to oust the clerical leadership that has ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution but is taking a gamble given...

20.06.2025 7

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By Stuart Williams

Iran hangs man over 2022 protest deaths, activists say conviction wrongful

Iran on Wednesday hanged a man convicted of killing seven people, including a 10-year-old boy, during nationwide protests in 2022 but human rights...

12.06.2025 8

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By Stuart Williams

Iran hangs man convicted of Israel spying, activists slam 'unfair' trial

Iran on Wednesday executed a man convicted of spying for Israel, in defiance of pleas from his family and activists for his life to be spared after...

29.05.2025 8

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Filmmaker Panahi cheered on return to Iran after Cannes triumph

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was given a hero's welcome by supporters on his return to Tehran on Monday after winning the top prize at the Cannes...

27.05.2025 4

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By Stuart Williams

Filmmaker Panahi cheered on return to Iran after Cannes triumph

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was given a hero's welcome by supporters on his return to Tehran on Monday after winning the top prize at the Cannes...

27.05.2025 9

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By Stuart Williams

Iran hangs man as Israeli spy after 'unfair' trial: activists

Iran executed a man on Wednesday after convicting him of spying for Israel and assisting in the murder of a Revolutionary Guards colonel in a trial...

01.05.2025 10

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By Stuart Williams

Erdogan takes Turkey to new crossroads with mayor's arrest: analysts

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken Turkey closer to autocracy with the arrest of the elected mayor of Istanbul, but the scale of the ensuing...

27.03.2025 5

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Iranian singer ready 'to pay price for freedom' after 74 lashes

A prominent Iranian pop singer who made a song urging women to remove their headscarves said Wednesday that he was willing to pay "a price for...

07.03.2025 7

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Iran executed 975 people in 'horrifying' 2024 escalation: rights groups

Iran executed at least 975 people last year in a "horrifying escalation" of its use of capital punishment, two human rights groups said on Thursday....

21.02.2025 6

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Iran executed over 30 women in 2024: NGO

Iran in 2024 executed at least 31 women, an NGO said on Monday, warning that female prisoners were increasingly being caught in a surge in the use...

07.01.2025 3

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By Stuart Williams