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Tehran – Iran experienced a severe nationwide internet blackout on Thursday, according to the internet monitoring group NetBlocks, as a wave of protests over severe economic hardship continued to grip the country. The disruption…

India’s Ministry of External Affairs has issued a formal advisory urging its citizens to refrain from all non-essential travel to Iran amid escalating nationwide protests and growing security concerns. The ministry also called on Indian…

Human rights monitors report that at least 25 people have been killed and over a thousand arrested during nine days of widespread protests in Iran, which have rapidly evolved from demonstrations over a severe economic crisis into broader…

Iran has reached a point where protest alone may no longer be sufficient to dismantle the Islamic Republic’s entrenched machinery of repression. The latest nationwide unrest, coupled with the regime’s increasing reliance on brute force,…

At least six people have been killed in widespread protests across Iran, according to reports from Iranian media and international human rights groups on Thursday. The unrest, now entering its fifth day, represents the most significant…

More than 2,200 Afghan refugees returned to their homeland on Tuesday, continuing a steady flow of repatriations from the neighboring countries of Iran and Pakistan, according to Taliban officials. Mullah Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman…

The human rights organization Hengaw reported that Iran has executed at least 85 citizens of Afghanistan in 2025, highlighting a sharp and concerning rise in the use of capital punishment against foreign prisoners. The latest case involved …

Iran has launched a mandatory biometric registration system for all Afghan nationals at the major Dogharoun border crossing, marking a significant escalation in border control measures amid heightened security concerns and ongoing mass…

Shiraz, Iran – In a move that has intensified international scrutiny of its human rights record, Iran executed at least a dozen prisoners this week, including an Afghan citizen identified as Nazir. The executions, carried out across…

HERAT, Afghanistan – In a stark illustration of the desperate and perilous journeys undertaken by Afghan migrants, three individuals died from exposure to freezing temperatures this week while attempting to illegally cross into Iran from…