Voter Frustration May Lead to Low Turnout in Iran Parliamentary Elections

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iran is holding parliamentary elections this Friday, yet the real question may not be who gets elected but how many people actually turn out to... Read more »

US, Britain Target Iran, Houthi Militants With New Sanctions

VOA — The United States and Britain on Tuesday sanctioned an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps deputy commander and a Houthi militant, linking them to missile attacks launched from Yemen targeting Red... Read more »

Iran Court Changes Jail Time to Home Confinement for Pop Singer

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — An Iranian court has changed the sentence against a pop singer who criticized the mandatory headscarf for women to home confinement instead of jail time, due to... Read more »

تداوم واردات بی‌رویه،گرانی و بی‌میلی دلالان؛ برنج ایرانی از سفره‌های ایرانیان حذف شد

بی بی سی فارسی ـــ یک روزنامه داخل ایران در گزارشی نوشته است با ادامه واردات بی‌رویه برنج خارجی و بی‌علاقگی دلالان به خرید از کشاورزان، برنج مرغوب ایرانی جای خود را... Read more »

Guilty Verdict in 1st US Hate Crime Trial Over Gender Identity

VOA — COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — A South Carolina man was found guilty Friday of killing a Black transgender woman in the nation’s first federal trial over a hate crime based on... Read more »

Spanish Politician Shot in Madrid Blames Iran

VOA — MADRID, SPAIN — A right-wing Spanish politician who was shot in November in Madrid on Friday accused Iran of being behind his attempted murder during his first public appearance since... Read more »

4 Charged in US Court With Transporting Iranian-Made Weapons

VOA — RICHMOND, VIRGINIA — Four foreign nationals were charged Thursday with transporting suspected Iranian-made weapons on a vessel intercepted by U.S. naval forces in the Arabian Sea last month. Two Navy... Read more »

Japanese mafia boss conspired to traffic nuclear materials, says US

VOA — US prosecutors have charged an alleged member of the Japanese mafia with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials. Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, tried to sell uranium and plutonium that he believed would... Read more »

Alabama Supreme Court Rules Frozen Embryos Are ‘Children’ Under State Law

VOA — MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA — The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, a ruling critics said could have sweeping implications for fertility treatments.... Read more »

IAEA Chief Says Iran’s Nuclear Enrichment Activity Remains High

VOA — BRUSSELS — Iran continues to enrich uranium well beyond the needs for commercial nuclear use despite U.N. pressure to stop it, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said on Monday, adding he... Read more »