Jailed Iranian women's rights activist wins 2023 Nobel Peace Prize
Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, who remains in prison in Iran, is this year's Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Iran protests
In Iran, women's resistance defies state clampdown a year after Mahsa Amini's death
The death of a young woman in Iranian morality police custody sparked months of protests and a violent crackdown by the government. A year later, a more subdued defiance endures.
Iran demonstrators vow to continue protests despite ongoing crackdowns
The protests that have gripped the country since September may have diminished to some extent recently, but demonstrators in Iran reached by NPR insist the protests will not die out or fade away.
Iran releases a top actress who was held for criticizing the crackdown on protests
Taraneh Alidoosti, the 38-year-old star of the Oscar-winning 2016 film The Salesman was released from Tehran's notorious Evin Prison nearly three weeks after her arrest.
A man killed women he deemed 'immoral' — an Iranian film fictionalizes the story
The real-life "Spider Killer" murdered 16 women in Iran between 2000 and 2001. The case inspired Holy Spider, which has resonated abroad during a time of amplified state violence in Iran.
More Iranians face possible execution as authorities seek to crush continuing unrest
The executions are Tehran's main response to protests that have swept the country since September, and are seen as a sign that Iran's clerical leadership intends to continue a violent crackdown.
Iran arrests a soccer player for criticizing government and insulting the soccer team
Voria Ghafouri, a prominent player who wasn't chosen to go to the World Cup, is an outspoken critic of Iran's authorities. Reports of his arrest came ahead of Friday's Iran-Wales World Cup match.
Iran marks the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover amid nationwide protests
The country's theocracy, which came to power 43 years ago, faces one of its stiffest challenges amid weeks of widespread protests after the death of a woman arrested by the country's morality police.
Iran's protesters find inspiration in a Kurdish revolutionary slogan
"Jin, jiyan, azadi!" — "Woman, life, freedom!" — has become the rallying cry for people in Iran and beyond who are protesting the death of Mahsa Amini in Iranian police custody.
U.S. announces new sanctions on Iran, even as it seeks a new nuclear deal
Thursday's announcement of new U.S. sanctions follows pressure from activists for the U.S. to support the protests, following the death of Mahsa Amini in custody of Iran's so-called morality police.