Iran

We’re joined by Iranian lawyer and human rights activist, Shadi Sadr.

Ten weeks into a wave of protests that have swept the nation, Iran’s government today put a number on those killed in the unrest for the first time – 200. 

Artist and director Marjane Satrapi grew up in Tehran amid the Iranian Revolution of 1979. 

At least four people have been killed and more than 60 others injured after a fire at Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, according to Iran’s state news agency.

It was the death of a young woman being detained by the morality police which sparked the unrest currently gripping Iran.

In Iran, protests that have gripped the country over the last three weeks show no sign of abating, sparked by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.

The British foreign office has summoned Iran’s diplomatic representative in the UK over the increasingly violent suppression of protests in Iran.

We are joined by Tara Sepehri Far, who researches human rights abuses in Iran at Human Rights Watch.

The United Nations has called on Iran to allow peaceful demonstrations to take place – amid a crackdown against protests over the death of a young woman who was detained for breaking the law on wearing a hijab.  

We spoke to Roxanne Tahbaz, who appeared alongside Nazanin at today’s press conference. 

After six long years in detention in Iran – Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe has spoken about her ordeal for the first time. 

We spoke to Anoosheh Ashoori’s daughter, Elika – and asked her how she’s feeling knowing her father is finally on his way home.

After years of physical and mental stress, languishing in cockroach-ridden jails, toyed with by autocrats who seemed impervious to reason or empathy: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori are on a plane bound for Britain. 

Iran’s Supreme Leader has officially endorsed the hardliner Ebrahim Raisi as the country’s next president – two days before his inauguration.

Iran’s President-elect Ebrahim Raisi has said diplomats will continue with negotiations to reach a nuclear deal but that he won’t meet President Joe Biden.