The reported execution of a child bride victim in Iran has sparked widespread condemnation. Human rights organization Hengaw reported on April 29 that Iranian authorities had hanged Hanifeh Avandi, a ...

Women with their children were gathered in the house and yard, waiting for the bride and groom to arrive to kick off a ...

The small Iranian town of Kuhestak is reeling after a U.S. strike hit a house where dozens of women were gathered to ...

The reported hanging of a child bride victim in Iran has triggered outrage. Human rights organisation Hengaw wrote on April 29 that the country's authorities had executed Hanifeh Avandi, a 24-year-old ...

Iran is one of the few countries in the world that still applies the death penalty at scale. Human rights organisations recorded at least 1,639 executions in Iran in 2025 — the highest annual figure ...