While the world watches Iran's standoff in the Strait of Hormuz, a brutal internal crackdown is intensifying. Women face mass arrests, political prisoners are being executed, and families of the dead are being silenced. Here's what's happening inside Iran.

Inside Iran's crackdown at home: Women arrested, protesters executed amid the war

Iran is reportedly considering implementing harsher laws that could put women behind bars for up to 10 years if they continue to defy the country's mandatory hijab law.

'Gender apartheid'? Iran proposes harsher punishment, up to 10 years in prison for violating hijab laws

One year ago, on September 13, 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini was detained by Iran's so-called 'morality police,' allegedly for wearing Hijab, the Islamic headscarf incorrectly.

Explained | A year after Mahsa Amini's death at the hands of morality police, how are Iranian women faring?

About 20 Iranian schoolgirls were hospitalised following the latest series of alleged poisoning attacks in Tabriz, over 600 km northwest of Tehran. The incident occurred in Tabriz’s Baghmisheh town just a day after the Iranian schools resumed classes after the Persian New Year break.

Iranian schoolgirls hit by another poisoning attack shortly after resumption of classes