Lebanese authorities are set to hold an emergency meeting on Saturday after a deputy commander with the UN peacekeeping force ...

Iranian authorities detained at least 95 journalists in the wake of the nationwide protests following Amini’s death, according to CPJ. In 2024, Iran ranked 176 out of 180 countries on the World ...

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Hezbollah supporters burned tires during a protest outside the entrance to Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut. Camera: Wael Hamzeh. Footage of the protest outside the entrance of Rafic ...

A UN peacekeeping force vehicle in Lebanon was torched Friday as supporters of militant group Hezbollah blocked the road to ...

The incident marks the latest in a series at the Beirut airport, which has been a key point of tension between Iran and ...

In a significant move, Iran's supreme leader pardoned two female journalists, Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, who were jailed for their coverage of Mahsa Amini's death in police custody. Their ...

Iranian authorities have issued heavy prison sentences for at least two dozen activists from the Azeri minority since October ...

AKBAR GANJI is an Iranian journalist. A former member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, he became a political ...

In December last year, Iran's legislature passed a "chastity and hijab" bill that introduces harsher punishments and fines for women and girls who expose their hair, arms, and legs. However, the bill ...

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has pardoned journalists Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, who reported on Mahsa Amini’s 2022 death in police custody. The two had been ...

State media in Iran say the country's supreme leader has pardoned two female journalists who reported the death of a woman in police custody in 2022.