VOA — PARIS — French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo doubled down on its ridicule of Iran’s religious rulers on Tuesday, with fresh cartoons of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, despite protests from Iran and... Read more »

VOA — LONDON — Britain’s foreign minister James Cleverly summoned Iran’s most senior diplomat on Monday after Iranian authorities executed protestors Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini. “Today I have summoned... Read more »

VOA — DUBAI, UAE — Iranian hardliners Sunday burned French flags outside the French embassy in Tehran, protesting cartoons published by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that lampoon Iran’s ruling clerics. The caricatures... Read more »

VOA — BRUSSELS — The European Union said it was “appalled” after Iran executed two men Saturday for killing a paramilitary force member during protests sparked by a young woman’s death in... Read more »

VOA — Iran’s statistics agency reported last month that inflation in December hit 48.5% compared to the same time a year earlier. With that figure, the Statistical Center of Iran put inflation... Read more »

VOA — Negotiations to return to the international agreement that limited Iran’s nuclear program is not a current priority for the United States, the U.S. State Department said Wednesday. Spokesman Ned Price... Read more »

VOA — PARIS — Iran warned France on Wednesday of consequences after satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published cartoons depicting supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that Tehran deemed to be insulting. The weekly magazine had... Read more »

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — The killing of a top Iranian general three years ago in a U.S. drone strike will be avenged, President Ebrahim Raisi vowed Tuesday at a commemoration attended... Read more »

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iran’s military tested new attack drones in the coastal area of the Gulf of Oman and near the strategic Strait of Hormuz on Saturday as... Read more »