VOA — The Iranian men's football team takes on the United States in a pivotal World Cup match Tuesday, with Iran's players facing conflicting pressures on their behavior from their government and... Read more »
VOA — BAGHDAD — The niece of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is calling on people to pressure their governments to cut ties with Tehran over its violent suppression of anti-government... Read more »
VOA — Prominent Iranian dissident Hossein Ronaghi and former national soccer team player Voria Ghafouri have been released on bail, according to Iran state media Saturday. The two are among the dozens... Read more »
VOA — Iran’s national soccer team sang during the playing of their national anthem at their second World Cup match against Wales on Friday having refrained from doing so in their opening... Read more »
VOA — Iran has sent additional units of special forces to fortify its northern border with Iraq and clamp down on what it says is infiltration by Kurdish opposition groups, Iranian state... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iran arrested a prominent former member of its national soccer team on Thursday over his criticism of the government as authorities grapple with nationwide protests... Read more »
VOA — GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — The U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday condemned Iran’s repression of peaceful demonstrators following the death of Mahsa Amini and voted to create a high-level investigation into... Read more »
VOA — The United Nations on Tuesday assailed Iran for the Islamic Republic’s increasingly harsh attacks on protests that were sparked by the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman in the custody... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI/VIENNA — Iran has begun enriching uranium to 60% purity at its Fordow nuclear plant and plans a vast expansion of its enrichment capacity, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — Iran’s World Cup soccer team, in an apparent show of solidarity with fans back home protesting Tehran’s violent state crackdown on widespread protests, declined to sing their national... Read more »