VOA — The U.S. State Department on Thursday called on Iran not to carry out the possibly imminent execution of three men that Tehran arrested during anti-government protests that spread throughout the... Read more »

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Iranian authorities on Monday executed five people over “armed drug smuggling” in the south of the country, the judiciary reported. The convicts, “all criminals and armed drug... Read more »

VOA — WASHINGTON — Dutton and Wrenlee are on the rise but they’re no match for champs Liam and Olivia as the top baby names in the U.S. last year. The Social... Read more »

VOA — QESHM, IRAN — Iranian captain Hassan Rostam has braved the Strait of Hormuz aboard his lenj for four decades but now watches with despair as the wooden ships are being... Read more »

VOA — PARIS — Iran executed seven men Wednesday in two prisons outside Tehran on drug and rape charges, a rights group said, accelerating what activists describe as a hanging spree over... Read more »

VOA — Iranian American Sanaz Toossi won the Pulitzer Prize in drama Monday for her play English. The play takes place in 2008 near Tehran, where four Iranian adults prepare for an... Read more »

VOA — ran’s judiciary announced the executions Monday of two men who were sentenced to death for blasphemy. The judiciary’s Mizan news site identified them as Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare.... Read more »

VOA — TEHRAN — The head of Iran’s athletics federation resigned Sunday over a sporting event featuring women without the mandatory headscarf, state media reported, as the Islamic republic toughens enforcement of... Read more »

VOA — Workers in Iran’s oil industry are continuing a strike over inadequate wage growth in several cities across the country, according to reports and videos sent to VOA. Following the increase... Read more »