UN Arms Embargoes on Iran Expire Despite US Objections

VOA — TEHRAN – A decade-long U.N. arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons like tanks and fighter jets expired Sunday as planned under its nuclear deal with... Read more »

Iran Sees No Arms-buying Spree as It Expects UN Embargo to End

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Iran said it was self-reliant in its defense and had no need to go on a weapons-buying spree as a United Nations conventional arms embargo... Read more »

Iran Moves Closer to Rejailing Female Rights Activist Over Criticism of Government

VOA — WASHINGTON – Iran has moved a step closer to re-imprisoning a female human rights advocate for her peaceful expressions of opposition to the nation’s Islamist rulers.    Speaking to VOA... Read more »

Top US Infectious Disease Expert Suggests Skipping Thanksgiving

VOA — U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci says Americans may want to reconsider their traditional Thanksgiving celebrations due to the conronavirus pandemic.   In televised interviews Wednesday and Thursday, the... Read more »

New York Times Report Thrusts Trump Taxes Into 2020 Election Spotlight

VOA — Nearly four years after then-presidential candidate Donald Trump first faced questions about his income tax returns, the issue has returned to the forefront of the 2020 election as Trump and... Read more »

US Supreme Court Halts Census in Latest Twist of 2020 Count

VOA — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday stopped the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident from continuing through the end of October.  President Donald Trump’s administration had asked the nation’s... Read more »

Iran Moves Closer to Rejailing Female Rights Activist Over Criticism of Government

VOA — WASHINGTON – Iran has moved a step closer to re-imprisoning a female human rights advocate for her peaceful expressions of opposition to the nation’s Islamist rulers.    Speaking to VOA... Read more »

Supreme Court Nominee Barrett Declines to Answer Questions on Key Court Cases

VOA — U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Tuesday declined to answer a range of questions from senators on how she might rule on legal disputes she would face if... Read more »

Iran Has Highest Daily Virus Death Toll, New Patient Count

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN – For the second day in a row, Iran announced on Monday its highest single-day death toll from the coronavirus with 272 people confirmed dead. The announcement by... Read more »

Supreme Court Nominee Barrett: Courts ‘Should Not Try’ to Make Policy

VOA — Confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett opened Monday in Washington, with Barrett telling senators that courts “should not try” to make policy and should leave that... Read more »