Iran worked for decades to build its network of proxies and allied states to counter the U.S. and Israel. But the past year has seen so-called axis of resistance crumble, diminishing Iran’s regional ...

The 37-year-old artist, who lived in İstanbul from 2018 to 2023, was deported to Iran by Turkish authorities in December, ...

Newly freed hostage Louis Arnaud shares his two-year ordeal in Iran's Evin Prison in an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24's ...

Over 380 million Christians faced persecution in 2024, with 4,476 killed and 4,744 imprisoned, says Open Doors International ...

The Italian journalist was released soon after Elon Musk met with an Iranian ambassador, officials in Iran said. So was an ...

Once a common sight on Scandinavian farms, the Danish-Swedish Farmdog nearly went extinct due to industrialization. The American Kennel Club announced a new addition to its exclusive, prestigious ...

Ahmadreza Jalali, an Iranian-Swedish academic on death row in Iran since 2017, accused the Swedish government of doing nothing to obtain his release, in a voice message obtained by AFP on Tuesday.

In 2022 he was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in the notorious Mashad prison in Iran. At the time of his ... part of a state ploy to arrest French, Swedish and Belgian citizens in order to ...

Grondeau was arrested in Shiraz, in southern Iran, in October 2022, and sentenced to five years in prison for "conspiracy against the ... Among those known to be held is Iranian-Swedish academic ...

In June 2024, Iran and Sweden agreed to a prisoner exchange, leading to the release of Johan Floderus, a European Union worker, in exchange for Hamid Nouri, an Iranian sentenced to life in prison ...

Late last week, both Switzerland and France summoned Iranian officials to protest their nationals in prison, a day after Iran reported the "suicide" of a Swiss national in jail. A few days before ...