Iran Warns It Could Use ‘Force’ To Halt Travel Amid Virus

VOA – TEHRAN, IRAN – Iranian authorities warned Friday they may use “force” to limit travel between cities and announced the new coronavirus has killed 124 people amid 4,747 confirmed cases in... Read more »

Virus Infections Among Iran’s Elite Trigger Skepticism, Complaints Over Testing Access

VOA – Reports of the coronavirus infecting members of Iran’s establishment have angered Iranians, with some dismissing the infections as fake, and others accusing elites of monopolizing access to medical testing. Deputy... Read more »

Iran Closes Schools, Limits Travel Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

VOA – Iran has closed all schools and adopted a series of other new measures as it battles the worst outbreak of coronavirus outside of China. Health Minister Saeed Namaki told a... Read more »

US Voters Warned of Foreign Influence Operations

VOA - PENTAGON - U.S. security and intelligence officials are warning voters to expect foreign actors to try to sway their views as they prepare to go to the polls in a... Read more »

Virus Outbreak in Iran Sickens Hundreds, Including Leaders

VOA – DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – After facing sanctions and the risk of war amid tensions with the United States, Iran’s Shi’ite theocracy now has an enemy in the new coronavirus... Read more »

Iran Nuclear Accord Parties Meet to Try to Salvage Deal

VOA – The remaining members of the floundering Iran nuclear deal are set to meet in Vienna Wednesday for the first time since Germany, France, and Britain initiated dispute procedures that could... Read more »

Buoyant Turkish Tourism Wary of Slowdown Due to Iran, Coronavirus Worries

VOA – ISTANBUL – Turkish tourist arrivals surged in January but there are signs of a slowdown in the following months, a hotel association said on Monday, while the closure of Turkey’s... Read more »

Iranian Leaders React After Apparent Popular Boycott of Parliamentary Election

VOA – CAIRO – Iranian media is saying that preliminary results of Friday’s parliamentary election are showing conservatives winning 70% of the 290-seat chamber, with independents taking about 20%, and reformists just... Read more »

Iran Reports Two More Deaths, 13 New Cases of New Coronavirus

VOA – TEHRAN, IRAN – Iranian health authorities on Friday reported two more deaths from the new virus that emerged in China and said the fatalities were from among 13 new confirmed... Read more »

Devices Found in Missiles, Yemen Drones Link Iran to Attacks

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – A small instrument inside the drones that targeted the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry and those in the arsenal of Yemen’s Houthi rebels match components recovered... Read more »