The family of a 19-year-old Franco-German cyclist arrested in Iran while on a Europe-to-Asia bike trip has said he is "innocent" and demanded proof he was alive from Iranian authorities.

Iran says it detained an 18-year-old Franco-German tourist who was on a bicycle tour of the world for an unspecified crime.

Officials said many people suffocated in bathrooms, while one person told AFP his five relatives died in an elevator.

The remnants of an ancient community face a new age of anxiety after decades of uneasy coexistence with the mullahs’ regime.

More than half a million Afghans have been expelled from Iran in the 16 days since the conflict with Israel ended, according ...

A U.N. official says the pace and scale of Afghans returning from Iran are overwhelming already fragile support systems.