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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »