An Islamic revolutionary court in Tehran has sentenced civil and labor activist Neda Naji to a prison term and flogging for attending a protest in support of Mahsa Amini, who died while in police ...

May 8, 2024: Rasoulof’s lawyer, Babak Paknia, posted on X that the director was sentenced to eight years in prison, flogging, and confiscation of property for (translated from Persian) “signing ...

(CNN) — Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof says he has fled his home country to an undisclosed location in Europe after a court in Iran sentenced him to prison on national security charges.

Rasoulof‘s new film, 'Seed of the Sacred Fig' is set to premiere in competition in Cannes later this month. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Dissident Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has ...

Given the choice between five years in prison and 10 lashes, which would you chose? Peter Moskos, a criminologist and former Baltimore police officer, claims that flogging (a form of corporal ...

A court in Iran has sentenced renowned director Mohammad Rasoulof to eight years in prison, flogging, a fine, and the confiscation of property for national security crimes, his lawyer confirmed on ...

(CNN) — A court in Iran has sentenced acclaimed movie director Mohammad Rasoulof to eight years in prison and flogging for national security crimes, his lawyer said on Wednesday. In a statement on ...

Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof on May 13 said he had left Iran in secret after being informed that he had been sentenced to flogging and eight years in prison on security-related charges.

A Starlink satellite launches into the sky from California. Iran's parliament has voted to ban the use of Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX, the ISNA news agency ...