Iran atrocities

Why is the Islamic Republic banning the Lion and Sun emblem amid anti-regime protests? - analysis

Nearly 47 years after Iran's Islamic Revolution, authorities are cracking down on jewelry bearing the Lion and Sun, a symbol of growing opposition.

MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 25: Protesters from the Iranian diaspora hold signs and wear Iranian flags as they gather at Puerta del Sol supporting Reza Pahlavi, former Crown Prince of Iran on April 25, 2026 in Madrid, Spain.
Unexploded ordinance, an artillery shell containing white phosphorous, is detonate

Iran used 'white phosphorus incendiary' in drone attack, Kurdish dissident group claims

Iran's Former Empress Farah Pahlavi poses during a photo session at her home in Paris on January 20, 2026. The widow of Iran's former shah, Farah Pahlavi, believes that 'there is no turning back' after the protests against the Islamic Republic.

Iran’s former empress Farah Pahlavi calls for day of mourning for protesters murdered by regime

Mourners carry a coffin during a funeral procession for members of security forces and civilians said to be killed in protests on Sunday, amid evolving anti-government unrest, in Tehran, Iran, in this screengrab from a video released on January 11, 2026.

Iran admits at least 3,000 killed in protest crackdown, UN dismayed by 'horrific violence'


25 Iranian border guards killed this year

Iran says the 25 men killed on the borders this year are names added to the overall list of some 13,000 “martyrs” killed over the years.

A member of Iranian Border Guards wears a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the new coronavirus, inside the Shalamcha Border Crossing, after Iraq shut a border crossing to travellers between Iraq and Iran, Iraq March 8, 2020

EU condemns execution of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari

The European Union is opposed to the death penalty under all circumstances and cases with no exception."

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif shakes hands with High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of European Commission Josep Borrell in Tehran, Iran, February 3, 2020

Iran’s assassins: Tehran has a long history of assassinating people

Tehran has passed on its assassination expertise to its proxy Hezbollah and has also worked with the Syrian regime to carry out assassinations of those who oppose its interests.

Iran's Intelligence Ministry display to the media what they said are fake identification cards which they confiscated as evidence after Iran's Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi's news conference in Tehran, January 11, 2011

US condemns Islamic Republic for execution of Iranian Jew in 1980

40 years ago Iran's regime murdered Jewish community leader Albert Danielpour on bogus charges.

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Pompeo announces new measures against 'evil and wrong' Iranian regime

Among the sanctions were visa bans for state officials and their families, and sanctions against two judges accused of human rights abuses.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the AIPAC policy conference in Washington in March.

EU Parliament condemns Iran for slaughtering protesters

European Parliamentarians have passed a resolution stating that Iranian forces have used disproportionate force in allegedly shooting to kill.

People protest against increased gas price, on a highway in Tehran, Iran November 16, 2019.

German politician files criminal complaint against Iranian Ayatollah for mass murder

"Germany should not be a sanctuary for such people."

People stage a protest against the execution by Iran of up to 20 Kurds

Iran says jailed US student lost appeal, 10 year sentence upheld

The Princeton student was conducting dissertation research in Iran in 2016 when he was detained and charged with "spying under the cover of research," an accusation his family and university denied.

Xiyue Wang (Center), a naturalized American citizen from China, arrested in Iran while researching Persian history for his doctoral thesis at Princeton University.

Rouhani's bitter-sweet triumph

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Entire region concerned about ‘day after’ Iran deal expires

Asked by military reporters to comment on the status of the nuclear issue, Netanyahu said that the Iranian program has not vanished, and “is far from vanishing.”

A man holds up a sign as he and several thousand other protestors demonstrate during a rally opposing the nuclear deal with Iran in Times Square