VOA — The U.N.’s human rights office Friday assailed a new law passed by Iran’s parliament which increases jail terms and fines for female citizens who do not comply with the nation’s... Read more »
VOA — Iran Human Rights on Friday released its statistical analysis of eye injuries sustained during the crackdown on the 2022 protests. After cross-referencing the injuries with the list of protest-related fatalities,... Read more »
VIA — TEHRAN, Iran — A military drone crashed during a test flight in northern Iran on Monday, wounding two people and damaging buildings, state media reported.Debris fell in different parts of... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI — The United States and Iran on Monday carried out a prisoner swap agreement that included freeing five Americans. In August, Tehran and Washington agreed to free five U.S.... Read more »
VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Hundreds of soccer fans stormed into a hotel in Tehran on Monday, hoping for a glimpse of star player Cristiano Ronaldo after he arrived with his Saudi... Read more »
VOA — The United States and Iran on Monday carried out a high-stakes prisoner swap that included freeing five Americans the U.S. government says were unjustly detained by the Tehran government. Read more »
VOA — DUBAI, UAE — Gunmen opened fire on a group of paramilitary forces in southern Iran, killing one of them and wounding another three, state media reported Sunday. Local media did... Read more »
VOA — Human rights activists say dozens of people were detained as Iran marked the one-year anniversary Saturday of the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. Hengaw Organization for Human... Read more »
VOA — LONDON — Hundreds gathered in central London on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran... Read more »
VOA — The one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa “Jina” Amini was marked Saturday by a strong military presence and a general strike by tradespeople and shopkeepers in Kurdish cities across... Read more »