The U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran says last year saw increasing restrictions on the right to freedom of expression and continuing violations of the right to life, liberty and a fair trial in the Islamic Republic.
The shipping agent for an Iranian oil supertanker says the vessel is ready to depart Gibraltar in "24 to 48 hours," despite a last-minute effort by the United States to seize it.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Iran on August 16 to release women detained for allegedly dressing as men to circumvent a ban on women attending football matches.
A well-known and outspoken professor at Tehran University says he has received another prison term for expressing his opinions.
A U.S. court has issued a warrant for the seizure of an Iranian tanker that British Royal Marines had seized last month in Gibraltar, a court document showed on Friday.
Poland is considering supporting a U.S.-led mission to protect the Strait of Hormuz, but has not made a formal decision yet.
A group of UN human rights experts on Friday called for the immediate release of three Iranian women given long jail terms for protesting laws compelling women to wear veils.
The United States has warned mariners around the world not to work with any vessel associated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, or IRGC, threatening “serious consequences”.
Amid economic crisis, residential real estate prices are rising astronomically in suburbs of Iran’s capital Tehran, with some areas witnessing a 100-500 percent annual increases.
An Iranian supertanker detained in Gibraltar for breaching EU sanctions could be allowed to leave on Friday, but a last minute U.S. legal bid to stop it could yet end up back in court, the territory's first minister said.
Iran’s ambassador to the United Kingdom says his government has not given any commitment to Gibraltar that its freed oil tanker will not sail for Syria.
More than 100 Iranian political activists have criticized the Islamic Republic of Iran in a statement issued on the first anniversary of signing the Caspian Sea legal regime.
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