VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — An Iranian director who was arrested last summer, weeks before his latest film was released to widespread acclaim, has gone on a hunger strike to... Read more »

VOA — VIENNA — The U.N. nuclear watchdog criticized Iran on Wednesday for making an undeclared change to the interconnection between the two clusters of advanced machines enriching uranium to up to... Read more »

VOA — WASHINGTON — The United States on Tuesday put new trade restrictions on seven Iranian entities for producing drones that Russia has used to attack Ukraine, the U.S. Department of Commerce... Read more »

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Iranian authorities have imposed a travel ban on leading filmmaker Masoud Kimiai, local media reported Monday, after he expressed support for protests that have gripped the Islamic... Read more »

VOA — Ali Nassirian, a well-known Iranian cinema and theater actor, announced his withdrawal from the Fajr State Film Festival on Sunday. In a letter published online, Nassirian wrote to the secretariat... Read more »

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — A loud explosion at a military plant in Iran’s central city of Isfahan was caused by an “unsuccessful” drone attack, Iranian state media reported Sunday, citing... Read more »

RFI — Iran has vowed it will respond to new sanctions imposed by the European Union and Britain over Tehran’s handling of months-long protests triggered by the death in custody of Mahsa... Read more »

VOA — Facing crippling economic sanctions, inflation and widespread social unrest, the Iranian government has boosted oil sales to China at a highly discounted price. Iran does not publish statistics about its... Read more »

VOA — The head of the United Nations’s nuclear monitoring agency says he will travel to Iran next month in hopes of reviving the 2015 accord aimed at curbing Tehran’s nuclear activities.... Read more »