Qarchak prison has been sanctioned by the US on the basis of extrajudicial killings, torture and other violations of human rights - Tahmineh Rahmani/Fars News Agency/Creative Commons Iran moved female ...

Iranian musician Mehdi Rajabian is awaiting trial for working with female dancers and singers after being arrested earlier ...

In a desert outside Iran’s capital, Tehran, lies one of the largest women’s prisons in the world. Several thousand women are believed to be incarcerated in Qarchak Prison, which is notorious for ...

Beirut — Sayeh Seydal, a jailed Iranian dissident, narrowly escaped death when Israeli missiles struck Tehran's Evin Prison, where she was held. She had just stepped out of the prison's clinic moments ...

A s the incredible story of the author, activist and Bazaar contributing editor Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been brought to ...

Released Momeni looks back on time in Iranian prison and election protests. Aug. 19, 2009 — -- Esha Momeni went to Iran 10 months ago to study the women's rights movement, as work for her ...

Senior Revolutionary Guards general, Hassan-Nia, rebuked the president's comments this week, arguing: "Dialogue won't fix the ...