VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Two female Iranian journalists will spend around a month behind bars as part of a three-year partly suspended prison sentence for “conspiracy” and “collusion,” local media reported... Read more »
VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Iran’s air force has received a batch of advanced Russian combat trainer jets to “improve the training and combat capability of the air force,” local media reported... Read more »
VOA — Human rights activists in Iran say protester Javad Rouhi, who died in custody, has been buried in his home region while questions remain about the cause of his death. Rouhi... Read more »
VOA — A road accident killed 16 people, mostly Iranian pilgrims, north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad overnight, the state news agency INA reported Saturday. The “horrible accident” between Dujail and Samarra... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — The son of an Iran-born U.S. permanent resident jailed in Iran since 2016 on security charges that his family denies says a U.S. official told him Tehran is... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iran accused Israel on Thursday of trying to sabotage its ballistic missile program through faulty foreign parts that could explode, damaging or destroying the weapons... Read more »
VOA — Iran is ratcheting up a crackdown ahead of the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, arresting prominent personalities, campaigners and relatives of those killed by security forces in... Read more »
VOA — ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO — New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez and 13 other top prosecutors from around the U.S. are throwing their support behind efforts to compensate people sickened by... Read more »
VOA — Ask Alexa or Siri about the weather. But if you want to save someone’s life? Call 911 for that. Voice assistants often fall flat when asked how to perform CPR,... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — The blood thinner Eliquis and popular diabetes treatments including Jardiance are among the first drugs that will be targeted for price negotiations in an effort to cut Medicare... Read more »