Iran

Iran has released five Americans after President Joe Biden negotiated with officials to unfreeze billions in Iranian oil revenue and dismiss federal charges against five Iranians.

Iranian authorities released two Christian leaders from prison last week after a judge broke with common judicial practice in the country and ruled that home church participation was not illegal, sources said.

Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, once sentenced to death in Iran for apostasy, was the third Christian convert recently released from prison as part of the government’s annual amnesty marking the anniversary of the 1979 revolution.

Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu views himself as a "figure of destiny" and returned to the political limelight in order to "stop Iran," according to a veteran journalist who recently interviewed him.

A United Nations' women's group has ousted Iran from the group after the country came under increased criticism for its policies regarding women's rights.

The White House said last week that Russia and Iran are in talks for a joint weapons production project.

Iran’s “morality police” have been suspended after months of criticism that followed the death of a woman arrested by the group.

An unnamed person arrested in Iran for protesting the government has been sentenced to death, making them the first arrested protestor to receive such a sentence.

Police allegedly beat an Iranian schoolgirl to death after they found a torn picture of a former Iranian leader in one of her schoolbooks.

Two Christians imprisoned in Iran for their church leadership roles were released a few days after a fire broke out in Tehran’s Evin Prison on Oct. 15, but rights advocates were mystified about why they were freed.