VOA — Iran on Thursday unveiled a new liquid-fueled ballistic missile. State media said the missile has a range of 2,000 kilometers with a 1,500-kilogram warhead. State television showed what it said... Read more »
VOA — PARIS — Iranian authorities on Thursday executed a man in public in front of large crowds, a rights group said, denouncing a “medieval” practice as the Islamic republic presses on... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said will travel to Iran on Sunday for a two-day visit, Oman state TV said Wednesday. The visit will follow... Read more »
VOA — The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights is urging Iran to decriminalize mandatory veiling laws, warning that the harassment of women, including what they do or do not wear, appears... Read more »
VOA — Two jailed Iranian journalists, who helped break the story of the case of a 22-year-old woman who died in police custody last September, will go on trial later this month,... Read more »
VOA — Four Chinese citizens living in Florida and a real estate brokerage that operates in the state have joined together in a lawsuit challenging a new law that places severe restrictions... Read more »
VOA — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi appointed a new head of the country’s top security body on Monday. State media said Ali Akbar Ahmadian, a Revolutionary Guards commander, would serve as secretary... Read more »
VOA — BRUSSELS, BELGIUM — The European Union on Monday imposed an asset freeze on the investment arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, over Tehran’s brutal crackdown on protests over the death of... Read more »
VOA — BEIJING — Stepping up a feud with Washington over technology and security, China’s government Sunday told users of computer equipment deemed sensitive to stop buying products from the biggest U.S.... Read more »
VOA — Iran’s judiciary said Saturday that it had executed the head of a network that trafficked Iranian women to neighboring countries for prostitution. It said Shahrooz Sakhnoori, a man known as... Read more »