The claims come amid a wave of protests across Iran, triggered by economic hardship and reported in cities nationwide, ...

Five members of Pussy Riot have been sentenced in absentia to prison in Russia on charges relating to performances criticising the war in Ukraine. The jail terms handed down to members of the feminist ...

The Times reports Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has a Moscow escape plan if protests and defections overwhelm security forces ...

Punk group Pussy Riot was declared an “extremist organization" by a Russian court on Monday. The ruling, which was made by Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court, effectively outlaws the group from ...