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.

|ByALEX WINSTON
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

“Based on eyewitness observations, medical examinations, and extensive fires caused at the targeted site, the munitions employed in the drone attack are believed to have contained white phosphorus."

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
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

Farah Pahlavi calls for a National Day of Mourning on January 23 to honor victims of Iran’s protest crackdown, urging Iranians worldwide to observe a minute of silence.

|ByALEX WINSTON
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'

"This cycle of horrific violence cannot continue. The Iranian people and their demands for fairness, equality and justice must be heard," Volker Turk said.

|ByFRAIDY MOSER, ALEX WINSTON, REUTERS

Argentine prosecutor who accused president of whitewashing Iran link to AMIA bombing found dead

Alberto Nisman claimed that President Fernandez had covert links to Iranians involved in 94' bomb plot against Jewish and Israeli targets

JANUARY 19, 2015ByREUTERS
An Argentinian Jew demonstrates for justice in 94' bombing

Iran hangs woman convicted of killing her rapist

Execution of Reyhaneh Jabbari, 26, carries out in Tehran jail despite rights group's plea for international intervention.

OCTOBER 25, 2014ByREUTERS, JPOST.COM STAFF
An Iranian woman attends a religious conference in Tehran

Man charged with ties to exiled opposition group executed in Iran

Amnesty International had urged Iran not to execute man after what it called an unfair trial in which he was convicted of "enmity against God."

JUNE 1, 2014ByREUTERS
Gholamreza Khosravi Savajani, the Iranian man executed by Iran