VOA — A Sunni imam said Friday during an Eid al-Fitr sermon in Zahedan, Iran, that people have a right to protest and the government should listen to their demands. In an... Read more »

VOA — In 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued an executive order that called on government contractors to “take affirmative action” to ensure that applicants and employees be treated “without regard to... Read more »

VOA — People who encourage women to remove the hijab will be prosecuted in criminal courts and have no right to appeal a conviction, Iran’s deputy attorney general was quoted as saying... Read more »

VOA — Two human rights groups said in a report issued Thursday that Iran executed at least 582 prisoners last year, the country’s highest level since 2015. Norway-based Iran Human Rights and... Read more »

VOA — WASHINGTON — Many Americans aren’t yet sold on going electric for their next cars, a new poll shows, with high prices and too few charging stations the main deterrents. About... Read more »

VOA — In a further attempt to rein in increasing numbers of women defying the compulsory dress code, Iranian authorities are installing cameras in public places and thoroughfares to identify and penalize... Read more »

VOA —TEHRAN, IRAN — Twenty Iranian schoolgirls were hospitalized Tuesday after the latest in a mysterious wave of poisoning attacks that have sickened thousands of pupils, state media reported. The girls were... Read more »

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Faced with an increasing number of women defying the compulsory dress code, Iran’s judiciary chief has threatened to prosecute “without mercy” women who appear in public unveiled,... Read more »

VOA — PARIS — Iranian security forces rearrested prominent activist and journalist Sepideh Gholian hours after she walked free from jail chanting slogans against supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, activists said Thursday.... Read more »