The Latest Breaking News from Tehran

Five American and five Iranian prisoners are being released in addition to Iran’s assets frozen due to US sanctions.

Conservationist Morad Tahbaz among prisoners to be swapped in deal involving unfreezing of Iranian oil money

Some $6 billion of Iranian assets once frozen in South Korea is now in Qatar, a key element for a planned prisoner swap between Tehran and the United States

Students tell of secret acts of defiance ahead of the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody

Iranian authorities prevented Mahsa Amini’s family from commemorating anniversary of her death, rights groups say.

Security forces have been positioned in Tehran and other cities as Iran marks one year since the death of Mahsa Amini.

One year ago this Saturday, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died after being arrested by Iran’s morality police for wearing her hijab "improperly". Her death led to massive anti-regime protests, known by their now-iconic slogan: “Woman, Life, Freedom”. The Observers team has been in regular contact with dozens of women across Iran…

Washington targets Iranian officials and state-linked media outlets on first anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death.

The death of a young woman in Iranian morality police custody sparked months of protests and a violent crackdown by the government. A year later, a more subdued defiance endures.

Elaheh Ejbari, 22, was kidnapped in the street and held for four days after taking part in a protest in Tehran following the death of Mahsa Amini, who died while in custody of Iran’s morality police. Ejbari, who comes from Iran’s Baluchestan region on the border with Pakistan, says she…

The sanctions ban Tehran from developing ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons.