Iran Riot Police Confronting Protesters in Tehran Over Death of Woman

VOA — Iranian riot police in Tehran’s main squares on Wednesday confronted people chanting “death to the dictator” as nationwide protests continued over the death of a young woman held in captivity... Read more »

UN Rights Officials Condemn Violent Crackdown on Protesters in Iran

VOA — GENEVA — U.N. human rights officials have condemned the violent crackdown by Iranian security forces against protesters angered by the death of a young woman accused of failing to comply... Read more »

US Sanctions Iranian Cargo Plane for Export Violation

The U.S. Department of Commerce Monday cited a fourth Iranian cargo plane for flying into Russia, adding it to a list of planes believed to be in violation of U.S. sanctions against... Read more »

Tehran Rebukes Britain, Norway Over Commentary on Protests

VOA — Iran has rebuked Britain and Norway over what it claimed was interference and hostile news coverage of the extensive unrest in Iran triggered by the death of a young woman... Read more »

Iran President Calling for Firm Measures Against Countrywide Protests

VOA — CAIRO — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi insisted Saturday that the government react firmly to the widespread protests across the country over the death of a young Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini,... Read more »

Iran: German government condemns Mahsa Amini’s death

DW — Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called the death of a woman in police custody for not wearing a hijab "terrible." Meanwhile, thousands of pro-government demonstrators have gathered in Tehran. Read more »

US Calls Iranian Demand to End Nuclear Probes ‘Unreasonable’

NEW YORK — Iran said on Thursday that it saw no point in reviving a 2015 nuclear pact without guarantees the United States would not withdraw again and unless U.N. inspectors closed probes... Read more »

Iran, West at Odds; US Sees No Breakthrough on Nuclear Deal at UN

VOA — NEW YORK/WASHINGTON — Iran and the West remained at loggerheads on Tuesday over U.N. probes of uranium traces at three Iranian sites as the United States said it did not... Read more »

Iranians Protest Mahsa Amini’s Death Amid Growing Calls for Accountability

VOA — Iranians gathered in multiple cities to protest the treatment of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini who died last week, days after she was detained by the country’s morality police for violating the... Read more »

Fury Grows in Iran Over Woman Who Died After Hijab Arrest

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Protests persisted Sunday and #MahsaAmini became one of the top hashtags ever on Persian-language Twitter as Iranians fumed over the death of a young woman... Read more »