The rapper Saman Seydi has been facing the death penalty since accusations of involvement in the protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death.
US announces new round of sanctions on Iran's top prosecutor, a vehicle manufacturer, and officials from the elite Revolutionary Guards.
Mohammad Ali Kamfirouzi was the lawyer of Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, who were charged with conspiring against national security and propaganda against the state.
Majidreza Rahnavard was sentenced to death by a court in the city of Mashhad for killing two members of the security forces with a knife, the judiciary's Mizan Online news agency reported.
Iranian hardliners portray the anti-government demonstrations as the work of Western powers and Israel, but reformists and moderates are unwilling to back that argument.
There has been no official confirmation that the force, established in 2005 with the task of arresting people who violate the country’s dress code, are being taken off the streets.
Iran's attorney general says the government is reviewing a decades-old law that requires women to cover their heads, as protests linked to the dress code continue for more than two months.
The United Nations Human Rights Council, through a vote, agreed to create an international fact-finding mission to probe all violations connected with Iran's response to the ongoing protests.
Norway-based Iran Human Rights says a total of 416 people have been killed by Iranian security forces during protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death in September.
Social media videos showed flames at the house, which was turned into a museum commemorating the 1979 Iranian Revolution's leader Ruhollah Khomeini, with crowds of jubilant protesters marching past.
The shooting comes weeks after 13 people were killed in an armed attack claimed by Daesh on a Shia Muslim shrine in the southern city of Shiraz.
In a first round of sanctions in October, the EU imposed travel bans and asset freezes on 15 Iranian individuals and institutions linked to the young woman's death and the clamp-down on protests.
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