VOA — NEW YORK — Holiday sales rose this year and spending remained resilient during the shopping season even with Americans wrestling with higher prices in some areas and other financial worries,... Read more »
VOA — VIENNA, AUSTRIA — Iran has resumed enriching uranium at a similar rate as at the start of the year, the IAEA said Tuesday, as the country accelerates its nuclear program... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI — Iran said Monday it would continue efforts to gain the release of a former Iranian official sentenced in Sweden to life in prison for his part in a... Read more »
VOA — MOSCOW — Members of the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) have signed a fully-fledged free trade agreement with Iran, Russia’s economy ministry and the EEU said Monday. The agreement will... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iran’s navy on Sunday added domestically produced sophisticated cruise missiles to its arsenal, state TV reported. The TV said both Talaeieh and Nasir cruise missiles... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — Iranian-American activists seeking to oust former Iranian officials from U.S. academia to hold them accountable for the Islamic republic’s poor human rights record say a U.S. college that... Read more »
VOA — Electrical workers in Iran staged a protest Saturday seeking better working conditions and wages, according to Iranian media covering the so-called “yellow hats” protest in front of the National Employment... Read more »
VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Iran’s deputy foreign minister Saturday dismissed U.S. accusations that Tehran was involved in attacks by Yemeni rebels on commercial ships, saying the group was acting on its... Read more »
VOA — Javad Soudbar, a civil rights activist detained in Tabriz, Iran, on Friday neared the two-week mark of his hunger strike. His family has not been informed about his well-being, raising... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — The United States on Friday accused Iran of close involvement in attacks on commercial ships by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, stepping up the tone as Washington considers tougher measures,... Read more »