VOA — Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, who was arrested during last year’s nationwide protests, has been sentenced to six years and three months in prison, his Twitter account managed by supporters announced... Read more »
VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Women in Iran, who have long been barred from attending football matches except for rare occasions, will be allowed into stadiums during the upcoming season, a top... Read more »
VOA — ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA — The U.S. citizenship test is being updated, and some immigrants and advocates worry the changes will hurt test-takers with lower levels of English proficiency. The naturalization... Read more »
VOA — ST. LOUIS, MO. — The Fourth of July is Americana at its core: parades and cookouts and cold beer and, of course, fireworks. Read more »
BBC — The sweetener aspartame, which is found in a variety of foods and fizzy drinks, is set to be officially classified as “possibly carcinogenic” to humans, reports claim. The label frequently... Read more »
VOA — Mehdi Taj, head of the Iranian Football Federation, has renewed the promise of allowing women into stadiums. This time, he says he has approval from the Supreme National Security Council... Read more »
VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — The sleek, polished dark blue 1978 Cadillac Seville eased slowly out of a showroom near Iran’s capital, its driver carefully inserting the 8-track tape that came with... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — Iranian American activists who staged a rare sit-in outside the State Department to oppose potential U.S. monetary incentives to Iran to slow the progress of the Iranian nuclear... Read more »
ار.اف.ای ـــ فرمانده مرزبانی خراسان رضوى روز دوشنبه ۲۹ خرداد از اخراج بیش از ۱۳ هزار و ۸۷۹ تبعه افغانستان به کشورشان طی ۹ روز قبل خبر داد. وی دلیل اخراج این... Read more »
VOA — PARIS — France has banned an upcoming Iranian opposition rally over the risk of an attack, according to a letter sent to the organizers and seen by Reuters, after the... Read more »