Explaining the Four Trump Indictments

VOA — Former President Donald Trump’s legal woes keep mounting. On Monday, prosecutors in the southern U.S. state of Georgia unveiled a new indictment, charging Trump and 18 others in connection with... Read more »

US Beefs Up Gulf Deployment Over Iran Oil Tanker Threat

VOA — MANAMA, BAHRAIN — As Iranian seizures threaten oil tankers plying the Gulf, the United States is raising its military presence, a move long demanded by Gulf Arab states who accused... Read more »

Iran Sentences Filmmaker over Cannes-Selected Movie

VOA — TEHRAN — A court in Iran has sentenced prominent movie director Saeed Roustaee to six months in prison for the screening of his film “Leila’s Brothers” at the Cannes Film... Read more »

Iran Re-Arrests Reporter Who Interviewed Amini Father, Activists Say

VOA — PARIS — Iranian authorities have re-arrested a journalist who interviewed the father of the woman whose custody death sparked months of protests, just two days after her release from jail,... Read more »

Candidate Registrations for Iran’s Parliamentary Elections Hit Record High

VOA — TEHRAN — A record number of people registered to become candidates in Iran’s parliamentary elections scheduled for March 1, 2024, the Interior Ministry said Monday. The elections will be the... Read more »

Iran Arrests 8 ‘Foreigners’ After Deadly Shooting at Shiite Shrine

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Iranian security forces have arrested eight foreign suspects after detaining a gunman in the killing of two people at a Shiite Muslim shrine, authorities said on Monday.... Read more »

Gunman in Iran Opens Fire at Prominent Shiite Shrine; 1 Dead, 8 Wounded

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — A gunman opened fire Sunday night at a prominent shrine in southern Iran, killing one person and wounding eight others in an attack that followed another assault... Read more »

Freed Iranian Reporter Writes ‘Don’t Accept Slavery’

VOA — PARIS — An Iranian journalist handed a two-year jail sentence after interviewing the father of the woman whose custody death sparked months of protests said Sunday she had been released... Read more »

Q&A: Why Iranian Drones Are Appealing to Belarus, Bolivia

VOA — WASHINGTON — Iran is getting a boost to its status as an international arms supplier. Tehran hosted defense ministers from Bolivia and Belarus in July and early August to discuss... Read more »

Chinese Surveillance Firm Selling Cameras With ‘Skin Color Analytics’

VOA — WASHINGTON — IPVM, a U.S.-based security and surveillance industry research group, says the Chinese surveillance equipment maker Dahua is selling cameras with what it calls a “skin color analytics” feature... Read more »