State Media: Iranian Teen Armita Geravand Is ‘Brain Dead’

VOA — DUBAI, UAE — A teenage Iranian girl, who fell into a coma earlier this month following an alleged encounter with officers over violating the country’s hijab law, is said to... Read more »

عدم صدور روادید؛ غیاب کشتی‌گیران ایران در مسابقات جهانی

دویچه وله فارسی ـــ در پی عدم صدور ویزا از سوی آلبانی، تیم‌های کشتی‌آزاد و فرنگی زیر ۲۳ سال ایران از حضور در مسابقات قهرمانی ۲۰۲۳ جهان بازماندند. تیم ملی کشتی فرنگی... Read more »

Human Rights Group Names Teen Protesters Arrested in Iran

VOA — A human rights group covering Iran has identified 24 demonstrators among those detained Friday by authorities during protests in the country’s Zahedan region. The Hengaw Human Rights Organization posted an... Read more »

London Police Say Hate Crimes Surged Since Israel-Hamas Conflict

VOA — London’s Metropolitan Police are reporting a significant surge in antisemitic and anti-Islamic hate crimes in the city since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict. In a statement Friday, they said... Read more »

Palestinians under attack as Israeli settler violence surges in the West Bank

BBC — Joel Gunter — Abed Wadi was getting dressed for the funeral when the message arrived. Read more »

Middle East Crisis Could Disrupt Oil Supplies, Raise Prices

VOA — WASHINGTON — Fifty years after the 1973 Arab oil embargo, the current crisis in the Middle East has the potential to disrupt global oil supplies and push prices higher. But... Read more »

Biden Equates Hamas With Putin, Asks Americans to Support Israel, Ukraine

VOA — WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden made a direct appeal to the American people to continue funding the war efforts of Ukraine and Israel during an Oval Office address Thursday evening,... Read more »

Mahsa Amini Awarded Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought

VOA — The European Union has awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Mahsa Amini, who died shortly after Iranian authorities arrested her last year. Iranian morality police arrested Amini,... Read more »

US Remains Committed to Slowing Iran’s Missile Program

VOA — The United States is leveling new sanctions against entities and individuals involved in Iran’s missile, unmanned aerial vehicle and conventional arms industries. The move coincides with the expiration Wednesday of... Read more »

French Iranian Academic Held in Iran Since 2019 Back in France

VOA — PARIS — French Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah has returned to France, her university said Wednesday, after being held for 4½ years in Iran in a case that prompted tensions between Paris... Read more »