Iran's Kurdish lawmakers asked the country's judiciary on Tuesday to reconsider issuing death sentences on people from the Kurdish minority fearing it was distancing the ethnic group from the regime.

Iran state television says 5 people have been sentenced to death over postelection turmoil. Iran has sentenced five defendants to death in a mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the unrest that followed the disputed June presidential election, state television reported Tuesday.

UN committee targets Iran's human rights violations and crackdown on election opponents. A key U.N. committee approved a resolution Friday urging Iran to halt the persecution of political opponents following the country's disputed presidential election and release those still detained.

An Iranian killed in protests over President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's reelection in June was willing to be "shot in the heart" for her cause, her boyfriend said in an interview Sunday.

Iran's opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said on Monday he opposes sanctions against Tehran, ahead of talks between the Islamic republic and world powers over its controversial nuclear programme.

Iran's opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said on Monday he opposes sanctions against Tehran, ahead of talks between the Islamic republic and world powers over its controversial nuclear programme.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian students chanted anti-government slogans to protest a minister's visit to their university in Tehran Tuesday, a reformist website reported.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian security forces arrested at least 15 student activists Friday after a meeting of key members of a pro-reform student movement in Tehran, a reformist website reported.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian court has sentenced to death a man who took part in opposition protests over a disputed election in June, a reformist website reported on Thursday.

Three people arrested after Iran's disputed presidential election have been condemned to death despite a global outcry over trials of people who claimed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election was rigged.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A court has sentenced three people to death over street unrest that erupted after Iran's disputed election in June and links to exiled opposition groups, an Iranian news agency reported Saturday.

Reformist former president Mohammad Khatami has said the protests which followed Iran's disputed presidential election will carry on, his Baran foundation website reported on Sunday.

Iranian opposition leaders have demanded they be given time to speak on state television to back up their allegations that the June election was rigged, a reformist daily reported on Monday.

Iranian opposition leaders have demanded they be given time to speak on state television to back up their allegations that the June election was rigged, a reformist newspaper reported on Monday.

Reformist ex-president Mohammad Khatami and opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi on Friday condemned the "security climate" and continued arrests in Iran, an opposition website reported.

Iran releases foreign Newsweek reporter on bail after almost 4 months in prison. Iran released a foreign Newsweek reporter on bail Saturday almost four months after he was arrested following the country's disputed presidential election, as embattled opposition leaders promised to press on with their campaign against the country's rulers.

Iran has sentenced two reformist politicians to five-year prison terms for provoking street riots after the country's disputed June presidential election, their lawyers said on Sunday.

Some 100 Iranian MPs are demanding the prosecution of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, saying he committed a "national crime" by challenging the result of the June presidential election, state media said on Tuesday.

Iranian lawmakers on Tuesday demanded the prosecution of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi for challenging hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election as a court convicted an Iranian-US scholar of spying.

Iranian lawmakers on Tuesday demanded the prosecution of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi for challenging hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election as a court convicted an Iranian-US scholar of spying.