VOA — PARIS — At least 100 Iranians arrested in more than 100 days of nationwide protests face charges punishable by death, Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights (IHR) said Tuesday. Protests have... Read more »
VOA — LYON, FRANCE — French authorities were Tuesday investigating as suicide the drowning of an Iranian man in the southeastern city of Lyon; he had said on social media he was... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — A prominent former soccer player in Iran who has expressed support for anti-government protests says his wife and daughter were prevented from leaving the country... Read more »
VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Iran on Monday blasted Britain’s “non-constructive role” a day after the Islamic republic announced the arrest of a U.K.-linked “network” involved in the three months of protests... Read more »
VOA — TEHRAN — Iran’s top general has said that Western claims its drones are being used by Russia against Ukraine show the ‘effectiveness’ of Tehran’s unmanned aerial vehicles, Iranian media reported... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — There are new indications that Iran’s Islamist rulers have constrained their morality police force that sparked nationwide protests in September, but researchers say the curtailment is not universal... Read more »
VOA — Reports from Iran say at least 44 lawyers have been arrested since mass anti-government protests erupted following the death of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish woman who had been arrested by... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iran’s currency hovered near a historic low against the U.S. dollar on the unofficial foreign exchange market Friday amid renewed street protests in the restive... Read more »
VOA — NEW YORK — After being arrested for creating antigovernment propaganda in 2010, the Iranian director Jafar Panahi was banned from making films for 20 years. Since then, he’s made five... Read more »
VOA — LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of high-profile figures from the global cinema industry called Wednesday for Iran to release actor Taraneh Alidoosti, who was jailed over her support for the country’s... Read more »