Macron Says Iran Nuclear Deal ‘Still Possible’

VOA — PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday told his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi that reviving the landmark 2015 deal on Tehran’s nuclear capabilities was “still possible” but must happen... Read more »

Iran Says It Dismantled Group With Ties to Israel’s Mossad

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Iran said Saturday that its intelligence agents dismantled a group linked to the Israeli spy agency Mossad, which had allegedly planned terror operations inside Iran. According to... Read more »

California Enacts Gun Control Law Inspired by Texas Abortion Ban

VOA — LOS ANGELES — California’s governor signed into law Friday new gun control legislation modeled on a legal approach used in Texas to curb access to abortions. Last year, well before... Read more »

Calls Grow for Iran Morality Police to Change Course

VOA — In a rare move, Iranian newspapers on Thursday criticized the country’s morality police, tasked with ensuring respect for Islamic laws, after a video of a woman pleading for her daughter’s... Read more »

Iran Doesn’t Want Nuclear Deal, British Intelligence Chief Says

VOA — ASPEN, COLORADO — Britain’s intelligence chief said Thursday that he was skeptical that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wants to revive a nuclear deal with world powers but that... Read more »

Strengthening Dollar Presents Challenges for Global Markets

VOA — The U.S. dollar is demonstrating extraordinary strength against other global currencies this summer, touching highs against the euro, the Japanese yen and others, with broad effects globally and within the... Read more »

Award-Winning Iranian Director to Fulfill Six-Year Sentence

VOA — Iran on Tuesday ordered award-winning Iranian film director Jafar Panahi to serve out his six-year term in Tehran’s Evin Prison, enforcing a previously handed-down sentence from 2011. The order is... Read more »

Russian President Putin in Iran for trilateral talks

DW — The meeting between the leaders of the three regional powers Russia, Iran and Turkey aims at bolstering their relations. The summit comes shortly after Russian gas giant Gazprom announced a... Read more »

Growing Iran-Russia ties in focus as Putin heads to Tehran

DW — Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to visit Tehran on Tuesday, in a sign of growing ties with Iran since his invasion of Ukraine. But the two nations remain competitors... Read more »

Putin Visits Iran for First Trip Outside Russia Since Ukraine War

VOA — LONDON/DUBAI — Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Tehran on Tuesday for a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the first trip by the Kremlin chief outside Russia since the... Read more »