Iran

CNN  —  The US intercepted a shipment of more than 2,000 Iranian assault rifles destined for Yemen, according to a…

Istanbul, London and New York CNN  —  The cries of the women outside a Tehran courthouse swell to a collective…

Three years after fleeing Iran, chess referee Shohreh Bayat fears being further ostracized after challenging the game’s governing body and…

New York and Amman CNN  —  The Islamic Republic of Iran has long ranked among the world’s top executioners. But…

Alireza Akbari, a dual British-Iranian citizen and former Iranian official, has been executed, the Iranian judiciary-affiliated outlet Mizan reported on…

CNN —  Alireza Akbari, a dual British-Iranian citizen and former Iranian official, has been sentenced to death in Iran for spying for the…

“Dad, my sentence is death,” Mohammad Mehdi Karami informed his father in a phone call from prison last month. Then,…

The daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been sentenced to five years in prison, her lawyer said…

Washington CNN  —  The US Treasury on Friday imposed sanctions on officials tied to an Iranian defense manufacturer that designs…

CNN  —  German police have detained an Iranian national on suspicion of planning a terror attack, authorities in the country…