Nazi Paikidze is boycotting a world chess championship in Iran in February, despite the fact that winning that tournament is her biggest dream.
At least eight female models were arrested in Iran last month for posing without headscarves in photos posted online.
A judge in Iran told a man, who was possibly innocent, that he would go to heaven if he happens to be wrongly executed.
Metal fans from across the world have been campaigning for the release of two members of the metal band Confess, who are likely to face execution.
Several Pages of Islamic State’s propaganda magazine have been dedicated to the terrorist organization’s plans on waging war against Shiites and Iran.
Pastor Saeed Abedini, a resident of Idaho, is among five Americans who were released by Iran last month as part of a prisoner swap between countries.
Authorities in Iran are planning on forcefully converting a seized Assyrian church into an Islamic mosque.
Head of Turkey’s state-operated Presidency of Religious Affairs Mehmet Gormez recently called for sectarian unity between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Over a span of 36 hours, Islamic State orchestrated attacks in Beirut, Baghdad and Paris, before taking to Twitter to claim responsibility.
An Iranian man, who was sentenced to death for allegedly insulting Prophet Mohammed, had his sentence commuted to studying theology for two years.