Crisis Over Suspected Iran Schoolgirl Poisonings Escalates

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — A crisis over suspected poisonings targeting Iranian schoolgirls escalated Sunday as authorities acknowledged more than 50 schools were struck in a wave of possible cases.... Read more »

IAEA, Iran Agree to Boost Inspections

VOA — Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said Saturday upon his return from a trip to Iran that Tehran has agreed to restore ‘certain accesses’ at its... Read more »

Protests Erupt Across Iran Over Schoolchildren Poisonings

VOA — Worried parents and others gathered Saturday in Tehran and other cities to protest a recent series of illnesses that have sickened hundreds of schoolchildren, particularly girls, as a new wave... Read more »

Iran Makes Sweeping Pledge of Cooperation to IAEA Before Board Meeting

VOA — VIENNA, AUSTRIA — Iran has given sweeping assurances to the United Nations nuclear watchdog that it will finally assist a long-stalled investigation into uranium particles found at undeclared sites and... Read more »

UN Nuclear Chief in Iran After Near Weapons-Grade Uranium Find

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — United Nations nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi arrived in Tehran Friday for talks after his agency’s inspectors in Iran found uranium particles enriched to just under weapons-grade... Read more »

Top Belgian Court Upholds Prisoner Exchange Treaty with Iran

VOA — BRUSSELS, BELGIUM — Belgium’s Constitutional Court on Friday upheld a prisoner exchange treaty with Iran that could lead to the swap of a convicted Iranian diplomat for a jailed Belgian... Read more »

UNICEF Offers Help to Iran in Noxious Fume Incidents Affecting Schoolchildren

VOA — UNICEF offered Thursday to help Iran solve a series of incidents in which noxious fumes have sickened schoolchildren, particularly girls, in what some officials suspect is an attack on women’s... Read more »

Q&A: Young Iranian Americans Take Prominent Role in California Rallies Backing Iran’s Protesters

VOA — WASHINGTON — A series of large rallies in Los Angeles in support of recent protests in Iran against Tehran’s Islamist leadership has revealed a surge of activism among young Iranian... Read more »

Azerbaijani-Turkish Rights Activist in Iran Released From Prison, Flouts Court-Ordered ‘Internal Exile’

VOA — A prominent Azerbaijani-Turkish civil rights activist freed from prison last week in Iran is publicly defying his court-ordered sentence of “internal exile” in an act of civil disobedience. Abbas Lisani... Read more »

Iran’s President Orders Probe of Poisoning at Girls’ Schools

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iran’s president on Wednesday ordered authorities to investigate a series of incidents in which noxious fumes have sickened students at girls’ schools, which some officials... Read more »