VOA — UNTO FIJO, VENEZUELA — Venezuela will contract with an Iranian shipyard to build two oil tankers under an existing construction agreement bedeviled by payment delays and difficulties with needed certifications,... Read more »

VOA — Thousands of opponents of Iran’s ruling authorities rallied for a second day in Paris on Sunday to pressure European Union states to list Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a... Read more »

VOA — PARIS — Thousands of Europe-based Iranians — including relatives of victims of repression in the Islamic republic, lawmakers and campaigners — on Saturday urged the European Union at a rally... Read more »

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iran’s security forces have arrested the “main perpetrators” of a drone attack on a military site in the central city of Isfahan, in which Israeli... Read more »

VOA — The U.S. State and Treasury Departments announced sanctions Thursday against nine entities identified as working with Iran’s petrochemical and petroleum products trade that worked around previous U.S. sanctions. A statement... Read more »

VOA — LONDON — The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Tuesday underscored the urgency of resuscitating diplomatic efforts to limit Iran’s nuclear program, saying the situation could quickly worsen... Read more »

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — An Iranian singer who faces possible prison time for his song that’s become an anthem to the ongoing protests shaking the Islamic Republic wept early... Read more »

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday reportedly ordered an amnesty or reduction in prison sentences for “tens of thousands” of people detained amid nationwide anti-government protests... Read more »

VOA — TEHRAN — Iran slammed U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi after the agency raised concerns over covert changes to equipment at its Fordo uranium enrichment plant, state media said Saturday.... Read more »