US Navy: 70 Tons of Missile Fuel from Iran to Yemen Seized

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES —  The U.S. Navy said Tuesday it found 70 tons of a missile fuel component hidden among bags of fertilizer aboard a ship bound to Yemen... Read more »

Iran Sentences Anti-government Protester to Death

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iran’s Revolutionary Court has sentenced an anti-government protester to death, and handed down jail terms to five others, state media said Sunday, amid persistent unrest... Read more »

US Envoy: Protests, Drone Sales Table Iran Nuclear Talks

VOA — PARIS — Iran’s crackdown on protesters and the sale of drones to Russia have turned the United States’ focus away from reviving a nuclear deal, which Tehran has so far... Read more »

‘Here Comes the Bride’: White House to Host Its 19th Wedding

VOA — WASHINGTON — “Here Comes the Bride” will be heard at the White House very soon. Again. Naomi Biden, the granddaughter of President Joe Biden, and Peter Neal are getting married... Read more »

Iran Charges More Than 750 People for Involvement in ‘Riots’

VOA — TEHRAN — Iran’s judiciary has charged more than 750 people in three provinces for participating in “recent riots”, local media reported, amid nationwide protests since the death of Mahsa Amini.... Read more »

Iran Indicts 11 Over Basij Agent’s Death, Basketball Team Skips Anthem

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iran’s hardline judiciary has indicted 11 people over the killing of a Basij security force member during unrest, state media reported Saturday, as authorities sought... Read more »

Hundreds of Iranians Protest in the Country’s Southeast

VOA — Hundreds of Iranians took to the streets in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan Friday to mark the September 30 crackdown known as “Bloody Friday.” Videos sent to VOA’s Persian Service... Read more »

Repeat COVID Infections Increase Risk of Health Problems, US Study Finds

VOA — PARIS — People who have had COVID-19 more than once are two or three times more likely to have a range of serious health problems than those who have only... Read more »

Iran Cities Strike in Solidarity With ‘Bloody Friday’ Dead

VOA — PARIS — Cities in western Iran went on strike Wednesday in solidarity with mourners marking 40 days since security forces killed dozens in a crackdown on protests in the country’s... Read more »

Iran Offers Nothing New in Latest Meeting, UN Nuclear Watchdog Says

VOA — SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT — The head of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog on Wednesday said Iran did not offer anything new during a recent meeting in Vienna about its nuclear program... Read more »