VOA — OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law on Tuesday that makes it a felony to perform an abortion, punishable by up to 10 years in... Read more »
VOA — NEW YORK — 2021 was the deadliest year in U.S. history, and new data and research are offering more insights into how it got that bad. The main reason for... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iranian lawmakers have set conditions for the revival of a 2015 nuclear pact, including legal guarantees approved by the U.S. Congress that Washington would not... Read more »
VOA — TIJUANA — The United States has sharply increased the number of Ukrainians admitted to the country at the Mexican border as more refugees fleeing the Russian invasion follow the same... Read more »
VOA — As the U.S. tries to emerge from the hardships of the COVID-19 pandemic, health experts and law enforcement officials are concerned about another health crisis: a sharp rise in the... Read more »
VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — President Ebrahim Raisi said Saturday that Iran will continue nuclear development activities as talks to revive Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers remain stalled, state media reported.... Read more »
— Kaveh Farrokh (Ph.D.) — Langara College The Achaemenid Empire of the Medes and the Persians (the Khshassa [Empire]) was essentially the first true world empire composed of a diversity of peoples,... Read more »
— Third and last Part — Nasser Kanani (Berlin) In 1875 the British politician Sir Arthur Arnold (1833-1902) traveled through Persia and rendered his observations on Hāfez’s tomb into following words: “We... Read more »
— February 15, 2022 I want to first thank Dr. Minoo Varzegar for inviting me to speak at this program. Dr. Varzegar is well known in the Persian cultural community in New... Read more »
The Mysteries of Mithras (Simon and Schuster) Payam Nabarz This book is an overview of Mithraism, the ancient Iranian mystery religion popular in the Roman Legions. It provides a comprehensive history of... Read more »