RFE/RL's Radio Farda breaks through government censorship to deliver accurate news and provide a platform for informed discussion and debate to audiences in Iran.
Security forces are reportedly maintaining a heavy presence on the streets in parts of Iran as more than two weeks of protests ease following a brutal crackdown that has left thousands of Iranians dead and an ongoing Internet blackout.
A newly released video shows a huge crowd attending the funeral in Abdanan of Alireza Seydi, a teenager who was killed during anti-government protests in Tehran. Seydi is one of thousands of victims of Iranian authorities' crackdown on the protest movement.
Iranians leaving their country spoke to RFE/RL about the scale of the deadly crackdown on protests. The death toll is at more than 2,600 demonstrators, according to the US-based human rights monitor HRANA. But many groups fear the number is far higher.
Iran has stayed executions of protesters, President Donald Trump said quoting "very important sources on the other side," but tensions remained high across the Middle East as the possibility of US military action against Tehran remains.
Robina Aminian, a 23-year-old Kurdish woman studying fashion design in Tehran, is among thousands of victims who have died during an Iranian state crackdown on anti-government protesters. Her relatives say she was shot in the back of the head at close range.
RFE/RL has spoken to an Iranian woman who says every day she hears of a person killed amid the protest crackdown, including a pregnant bystander. The death toll is at more 2,400 protesters, according to the US-based human rights monitor HRANA. But many groups fear the number is far higher.
An Iranian journalist in the city of Karaj describes the atmosphere in the city after the brutal and unprecedented killing of protesters.
Iranian authorities continue to block access to the Internet as part of their brutal crackdown on antigovernment protests, one of the biggest challenges to clerical rule since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, amid warnings from President Donald Trump that the United States may intervene.
At least 2,000 people have been killed in the protests in Iran, according to a US-based human rights group, HRANA, amid the deadly crackdown on anti-government demonstrations. One Iranian exile in Germany told RFE/RL that her family in Iran told her the number of victims could be much higher.
RFE/RL’s Radio Farda interviewed a doctor inside Iran about the deadly state crackdown on antiestablishment protesters.
US President Donald Trump has told protesters in Iran that "help is on the way," as the death toll after more than two weeks of anti-government protests continues to increase, sparking a global outcry.
US President Donald Trump said Washington may intervene as the deadly crackdown on protests continued in Iran. Tehran says it is ready to hold talks but is also "fully prepared for war," while experts say a US response could include military and economic measures.
US military action against Iran appears to be back on the policy agenda in Washington amid the increasingly deadly crackdown on protesters in cities and towns across the country.
Videos show funeral processions in Tehran for those killed during recent protests, as families chant slogans against Iran's supreme leader. Human rights groups say hundreds have been killed in a crackdown by security forces amid a digital blackout.
US President Donald Trump said the Iranian leadership called to seek talks with Washington in the face of his threats of military action in response to Tehran's brutal crackdown of mass anti-government protesters.
In a video posted on social media on January 11, scores of bodies can be seen outside a morgue in Tehran as deadly anti-government protests continue across Iran. Investigations by RFE/RL’s Radio Farda indicate that Iranian security forces have fired live ammunition at civilians during the protests.
With Iran currently experiencing a dayslong digital blackout, RFE/RL's Radio Farda has been in touch with Iranians outside the country who can't reach their families because of the shutdown back home. For safety reasons, some of those who responded asked to remain anonymous.
Anti-government protests in Iran continued for a 15th straight day on January 11, with demonstrators gathering on the streets of Tehran as a harsh security crackdown intensified and the number of reported deaths continued to rise.
Iranian protesters showed no letup as the country entered the 15th straight day of anti-government protests despite a mounting crackdown by security personnel and as the West, led by US President Donald Trump, intensified pressure on the hard-line rulers in Tehran.
Tens of thousands of people protested for the 14th straight night in more than 100 Iranian cities as authorities appeared to be intensifying their crackdown, and US President Donald Trump led an intensification of pressure on Tehran.
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