Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi ‘violently detained’ at memorial for dead human rights lawyer - A foundation in her ...

Iranian authorities arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi on Friday, her foundation said, citing her brother.

The human rights activist was released on furlough from prison last year, but was detained again on Friday, along with ...

There was no immediate comment from Iran over its detention of Mohammadi, 53. However, supporters had warned for months ...

Ratcliffe, I was falsely imprisoned and tortured in jail in Iran: this is my story - Kylie Moore-Gilbert shares her harrowing ...

It starts with a bump in the road, at night, in the hills above Tehran: the last whimper of a stray dog unlucky enough to be caught under a car’s wheels. Without this, none of the other events in ...

Director Jafar Panahi confronted his Iran prison sentence, saying 'I know my films don't please the government' but 'I will ...

While Salehi was released after two and a half months, Rezaian was kept in solitary confinement in Tehran's notorious Evin ...

Jafar Panahi won multiple awards for “It Was Just an Accident,” based on his experiences as a political prisoner. The ...

The dissident filmmaker is currently in the U.S. and set to attend the Gotham Awards on Monday night, The Hollywood Reporter ...

Imprisoned and censored by his home country of Iran, the legendary director discusses his furtive filmmaking.

A leading Iranian rights activist and Nobel laureate said state suppression in the Islamic Republic is getting worse as the ...