Iran must not execute a web programmer sentenced to death after one of his web programs was used to post pornographic images without his knowledge, Amnesty International said today, as the Iranian authorities continue their crackdown on bloggers and other users of the internet.Iran’s Supreme...

Iran must not execute a US national sentenced to death after an unfair trial, Amnesty International said today amid fears he could be executed within weeks.Amir Hekmati, an Arizona-born Iranian-American who had served as an Arabic translator in the US Marine Corps, was accused of spying for the CIA...

Iran must not execute a US national sentenced to death after an unfair trial, Amnesty International said today amid fears he could be executed within weeks. Amir Hekmati, an Arizona-born Iranian-American who had served as an Arabic translator in the US Marine Corps, was accused of spying for the...

The son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, Sajjad Qaderzadeh, and the two German journalists have been released. However, Javid Houtan Kiyan, the detained lawyer of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, may have been sentenced. He is feared to have been tortured or otherwise ill-treated.

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who is facing death by stoning, her son Sajjad Qaderzadeh, her lawyer Javid Houtan Kiyan and two German journalists, who are all currently detained in Iran, reportedly made self-incriminating statements on state TV on 15 November 2010. Such statements, likely to have...

Amnesty International today called on the Iranian authorities to immediately release the lawyer and son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman who is at risk of execution by stoning, if they are held solely for trying to pass on information about her case. The call came amid increased...

The son and lawyer of an Iranian woman currently under sentence of death by stoning, Sakineh Mohammad Ashtiani, were arrested on 10 October 2010 and have since been held without access to a lawyer or family. Amnesty International believes they may be prisoners of conscience.

Amnesty International today called on the Iranian authorities to immediately release the lawyer and son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman who is at risk of execution by stoning, if they are held solely for trying to pass on information about her case. The call came amid increased...

Amnesty International welcomes an Iranian official’s statement that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s sentence of stoning to death has been temporarily suspended but urged the authorities to overturn the death sentence against her entirely. “This news does not go far enough,” said...

Amnesty International welcomes an Iranian official’s statement that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s sentence of stoning to death has been temporarily suspended but urged the authorities to overturn the death sentence against her entirely.”This news does not go far enough,” said...

Amnesty International criticized the TV “confession” of an Iranian woman last night, in which Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, awaiting execution by stoning for adultery, appears to implicate herself in the murder of her husband. The interview was broadcast on Wednesday 11th August, on the...

Amnesty International criticized the TV “confession” of an Iranian woman on Wednesday night in which Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, awaiting execution by stoning for adultery, appears to implicate herself in the murder of her husband. The interview was broadcast on Wednesday 11th August, on the...