VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iran on Friday released dissident Farhad Meysami — jailed for protesting Iran’s requirement that women wear hijabs — a week after supporters warned he risked... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iran’s security forces have arrested the “main perpetrators” of a drone attack on a military site in the central city of Isfahan, in which Israeli... Read more »
VOA — PARIS — Iran has released several prominent women activists and journalists from Tehran’s Evin prison, campaigners said Thursday, with video showing them defiantly chanting pro-protest slogans outside the jail. Media... Read more »
VOA — The U.S. State and Treasury Departments announced sanctions Thursday against nine entities identified as working with Iran’s petrochemical and petroleum products trade that worked around previous U.S. sanctions. A statement... Read more »
VOA — LONDON — The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Tuesday underscored the urgency of resuscitating diplomatic efforts to limit Iran’s nuclear program, saying the situation could quickly worsen... Read more »
VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Iran’s army on Tuesday unveiled its first underground base for fighter jets designed to withstand possible strikes by U.S. bunker-busting bombs, state media reported.The base, named Oghab... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — An Iranian singer who faces possible prison time for his song that’s become an anthem to the ongoing protests shaking the Islamic Republic wept early... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday reportedly ordered an amnesty or reduction in prison sentences for “tens of thousands” of people detained amid nationwide anti-government protests... Read more »
VOA — TEHRAN — Iran’s former President Mohammad Khatami and former Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi have both called for political changes amid the protests triggered by the death in police custody... Read more »
VOA — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the visiting Iranian foreign minister discussed the need for “vigilance in defending their national interests against external pressures,” according to a statement released Saturday. The... Read more »