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Executed Iranian prisoners detail abuse, torture ahead of their killing to 'Post'

Yaghoub Karimpour, 43, and Nasser Bakerzadeh, 26, were hanged on Saturday, and Mehrab Abdollahzadeh, 28, was executed on Sunday in Orumiyeh Central Prison.

Prisoners Nasser Bakerzadeh, a Kurdish Sunni, and Yaghoub Karimpour, an Azerbaijani Turkic Yarsan citizen.
ILLUSTRATION of cybercrime and hacking activity with a laptop displaying a pirate symbol.

Iran-linked hackers use ChatGPT for up to 700,000 cyberattacks daily, UAE warns

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, April 27, 2026.

Iran: US Hormuz escort plan would breach ceasefire

A woman walks past a billboard featuring an image of the late Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a building, amid a ceasefire between US and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 27, 2026

Behind Tehran’s calm, Iran faces deepening economic collapse


IRNA says British-Iranian Akbari played role in assassination of top scientist

New information has been made available about the British-Iranian dual citizen sentenced to death by Iran. He is accused of being a spy and an assassin.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian speaks during a news conference in Tehran, Iran, November 23, 2022.

Iran leader's mouthpiece slams 'Jerusalem Post' for supporting opposition

Prominent Iranian-American urges Germany to expel Iran's ambassador and recall its envoy.

 Berlin rally against Iran's regime on October 22nd.

Saudi foreign minister: All bets off if Iran gets nuclear weapon

The nuclear talks have stalled with the focus shifting to the Russia-Ukraine war as well as domestic unrest in Iran.

SAUDI ARABIAN Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud listens as Russia Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks at a news conference in Riyadh on March 10.

Iranian teen girl beaten to death by police for tearing Khomeini's photo - report

Protests continued across Iran on Monday as Iranian forces continued their crackdown on protesters.

Thousands of Iranians head to Mahsa Amini's grave in Saqqez, October 26, 2022

Iran's atomic energy organization says e-mail was hacked, state media says

Iranian hacker group "Black Reward" hacked into Iran's atomic energy organization's email server.

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Can the West act in time to help Iran get online? - analysis

Iran’s regime has restricted internet and phone access and gone after social media sites.

 A man gestures during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police"

Is Iran's IRGC falling apart from the inside? - analysis

The problem for Iran is not whether this is true, but whether the perception of the truth of Iran’s internal chaos is now emboldening more chaos.

Members of special IRGC forces attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2022.

Iranian scientist who died this weekend showed Rouhani around oil company - report

Dr. Ayub Entezari, who died over the weekend, reportedly showed former Iranian president Hassan Rouhani around a turbine factory in 2019.

 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reviews Iran's new nuclear achievements during Iran's National Nuclear Energy Day in Tehran, Iran April 10, 2021.

UK PM Johnson meets British-Iranian aid worker for first time since her release

It was the first time she had met Johnson, who was foreign secretary between 2016-2018.

 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses the media as he arrives to take part in a NATO summit to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Brussels, Belgium March 24, 2022.

Iran launches 'three research cargos' into space

Iranian media says Iran successfully launched the Simorgh space-launch vehicle (SLV) to an altitude of 470 km. with cargos on board, releasing footage of a rocket being launched as evidence.

The Safir satellite-carrier rocket, which was designed for Iran's Omid satellite, is seen before launch at Iran's space centre in Tehran in 2009