US Rejects Linking Iran Nuclear Deal, IAEA Investigations

VOA — WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday rejected linking a revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal with the closure of investigations by the U.N. nuclear watchdog, a day after... Read more »

Iran Boosts Civil Defense, Lifts Anti-Aircraft Readiness

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iran has equipped 51 of its cities with civil defense systems and boosted readiness at air defenses to thwart any possible foreign attack, military officials... Read more »

US Navy Says Iran Releases Sail Drones When Its Ships Arrive

VOA — WASHINGTON / DUBAI — The United States compelled Iran for a second time this week to release U.S. military sail drones that it tried to seize at sea, U.S. officials... Read more »

Islamic Fatwas — Are They Laws or Opinions?

Immediately after British American writer Salman Rushdie was stabbed in New York on August 12, a decades-old fatwa given by the founder of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, became the buzzword... Read more »

Iran Says It Needs Stronger US Guarantees for Reviving Nuclear Pact

VOA — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says his country needs stronger guarantees from Washington for the revival of a 2015 nuclear deal, and reiterated that the U.N. atomic watchdog should drop... Read more »

UN Panel Slams US Supreme Court’s Abortion Rights Decision

VOA — GENEVA — A United Nations monitoring committee has slammed the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, saying it disproportionately affects racial and ethnic minorities from accessing safe abortion.... Read more »

Iran Says No Return to 2015 Nuclear Deal Unless IAEA Ends Investigations

VOA — LONDON — Negotiators from Iran and six world powers reportedly are close to agreeing on a revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA Read more »

Iran Steps Up Underground Uranium Enrichment, IAEA Report Says

VOA — VIENNA — Iran is pressing ahead with its rollout of an upgrade to its advanced uranium enrichment program, a report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog seen by Reuters on Monday... Read more »

Artemis: Nasa ready to launch new era of Moon exploration

BBC — The American space agency is counting down to the lift-off of its giant new Moon rocket - the Space Launch System. Read more »

US Facing Pressure to Deny Iran’s President Visa for UN Visit

VOA — The U.S. government is facing pressure from Iranian Americans and others not to grant visas and provide protection for Iran’s hard-line president, Ebrahim Raisi, and other Iranian officials expected to... Read more »