Political relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Belarus are at the highest level and continue to develop ...

Since Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, was killed by the Morality Police in fall of 2022, Iran has been enveloped in protests. The movement, called “Woman, Life, Freedom” is in many ways ...

Unfair Election Triggers International Response The recent presidential election in Belarus has drawn sharp criticism from ...

Human rights groups and Belarusians say they see no signs that Alexander Lukashenko is preparing to loosen his iron grip on ...

Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws ...

The acclamation of Alexander Lukashenko as Belarus president for a seventh straight term was confirmed on January 26. The ...

"No complaints about violations of electoral laws capable of impacting the outcome of the election were received either from citizens or observers during the voting and vote counting," CEC chairman Ig ...

Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko has been in power for more than 30 years and just won another election widely ...

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is all but certain to extend his more than three decades in power in Sunday’s election that is rejected by the opposition as a farce after years ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

Opposition leader-in-exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who fled Belarus under government pressure after challenging Lukashenko in 2020, had denounced the election in advance and had urged voters to ...