The alleged contact between the Israeli woman and the Iranian intelligence agent - 'Rambod' - took place from 2014 to 2018.

(Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP) An Iranian woman, without a mandatory headscarf, or hijab, walks in downtown Tehran, Iran, ...

Grondeau was detained by Iranian authorities in October 2022 and sentenced to five years in prison on espionage charges that ...

Authoritarian regimes often enforce strict clothing laws to assert their dominance over their citizens' physical and ...

The report highlights Iran’s escalating reliance on technology to monitor and punish women defying the mandatory dress code.

Iran has marked its annual fire festival. The festival is known as “Chaharshanbe Souri” in Farsi. It comes a week before ...

In an exclusive conversation with Firstpost, Seyed Emamian, Assistant Professor at Tehran Polytechnic University of ...

Iran is increasingly using digital and surveillance technology and "state-sponsored vigilantism" to crush dissent after the ...

An Iranian woman, without a mandatory headscarf, or hijab, walks in downtown Tehran, Iran, June 10, 2024. Credit: AP/Vahid Salemi The mission was also looking at the use of mock executions.

An Iranian woman jumps over a bonfire celebrating Chaharshanbe Souri, or Wednesday Feast, an ancient Festival of Fire on the eve of the last Wednesday of the Persian year, in Tehran, Iran ...

was expanded in September 2024 to target women in ambulances, taxis, and public transport. Authorities have also deployed “aerial drones” in the capital Tehran and southern Iran to surveil ...