VOA — News reports from Iran say authorities have arrested the uncle of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Iranian woman whose death in police custody last year sparked months of anti-government protests. Safa... Read more »

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Iran has shuttered a water park for allowing women entry without the mandatory headscarf, local media reported on Monday.The closure is part of stepped-up measures by authorities... Read more »

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Two female Iranian journalists will spend around a month behind bars as part of a three-year partly suspended prison sentence for “conspiracy” and “collusion,” local media reported... Read more »

VOA — Human rights activists in Iran say protester Javad Rouhi, who died in custody, has been buried in his home region while questions remain about the cause of his death. Rouhi... Read more »

VOA — WASHINGTON — The son of an Iran-born U.S. permanent resident jailed in Iran since 2016 on security charges that his family denies says a U.S. official told him Tehran is... Read more »

VOA — Iran is ratcheting up a crackdown ahead of the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, arresting prominent personalities, campaigners and relatives of those killed by security forces in... Read more »

VOA — Ask Alexa or Siri about the weather. But if you want to save someone’s life? Call 911 for that. Voice assistants often fall flat when asked how to perform CPR,... Read more »

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Authorities in Iran have begun legal proceedings against a prominent pop singer over his latest song urging women to take off their mandatory headscarves, the judiciary said... Read more »

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iran sentenced seven men and a woman to prison after their convictions over allegedly aiding two men who were earlier executed for killing a paramilitary... Read more »