VOA — Former President Donald Trump’s legal woes keep mounting. On Monday, prosecutors in the southern U.S. state of Georgia unveiled a new indictment, charging Trump and 18 others in connection with... Read more »

VOA — TEHRAN — A court in Iran has sentenced prominent movie director Saeed Roustaee to six months in prison for the screening of his film “Leila’s Brothers” at the Cannes Film... Read more »

VOA — Prominent Iranian human rights defender Narges Mohammadi has been sentenced to an additional year in prison by the judiciary. A post on an Instagram account managed by her close associates... Read more »

VOA — Two major labor unions in Iran are strongly condemning the Revolutionary Court of Tehran’s sentencing of Reyhaneh Ansari-Nejad, a retired worker and dedicated labor activist, to a four-year prison term.... Read more »

Yalda Moaiery has traveled to some of the most dangerous countries in the world in her 23-year career. She photographed the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and has covered conflict and natural... Read more »

VOA — A prominent Sunni cleric in Iran voiced support Friday for women who defy rules mandating they wear a hijab in public, saying such women are expressing their discontent and “demonstrating... Read more »

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — TEHREN, Iran — A court in Iran has given a prominent actress a suspended two-year prison sentence for failing to wear the compulsory hijab headscarf in public, local media reported Wednesday. “Afsaneh Bayegan was sentenced... Read more »

VOA — Iranian authorities Sunday announced the return to the streets of the morality police, which enforce the country’s mandatory veiling laws. The presence of the morality police had largely ceased following... Read more »

VOA — In a coordinated action, several branches of Iran’s judicial system have recently issued “controversial” rulings targeting opponents of the country’s mandatory hijab regulations. The verdicts have affected many professions and... Read more »