To Mask or Not to Mask? In COVID-19, That Is the Question

VOA – WASHINGTON – Experts seem to agree: If you are not a health care worker, do not buy  N95 masks, long considered the Cadillac of protective masks.They will not help you... Read more »

Most Coronavirus Deaths in US Projected to Occur in Next Few Weeks

VOA – WHITE HOUSE – The United States should be prepared to endure 100,000 to 240,000 deaths from the #COVID-19 coronavirus over the next two months even if Americans continue to keep their distance... Read more »

Ghazal 8

When you hear the words of those who know, don’t say they are wrong. You do not understand such speech, my lovely one. That is what’s wrong. I do not acknowledge this... Read more »

2020:​ Millennium of Ferdowsi

Rasoul Sorkhabi Anniversaries are important; they celebrate legacies and signify presence and continuity. This year, 2020, marks the 1000th anniversary of Ferdowsi’s death. This renowned Persian poet died at age 81 in... Read more »

Coronavirus Patients Share Their Trials and Tribulations

VOA – WASHINGTON – Much has been written of the warning signs, symptoms and dangers of COVID-19. But what is it like to live through an active infection? Three sufferers agreed to... Read more »

US Increases ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran

VOA- The United States is turning up its “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran, slapping fresh sanctions on 20 companies and individuals for bolstering Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and elsewhere. The U.S. Treasury... Read more »

Trump Signs Into Law $2T Coronavirus Relief Package

VOA- WHITE HOUSE – Within hours of the U.S. House’s overwhelming approval of a $2 trillion bill to blunt the economic destruction caused by the coronavirus, President Donald Trump signed the legislation... Read more »

In Iran, False Belief a Poison Fights Virus Kills Hundreds

VOA – TEHRAN, IRAN – Standing over the still body of an intubated 5-year-old boy wearing nothing but a plastic diaper, an Iranian health care worker in a hazmat suit and mask... Read more »

Iran Leader Refuses US Help, Citing Virus Conspiracy Theory

VOA – DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Iran’s supreme leader refused U.S. assistance Sunday to fight the new coronavirus, citing an unfounded conspiracy theory claiming the virus could be man-made by America.... Read more »

Iran Fears Second Wave of Coronavirus as Death Toll Rises to 2,077

VOA – DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Iran may face a second outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, a government spokesman said on Wednesday, as the Islamic Republic banned internal travel and traditional... Read more »