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.
Serbia lifted its visa requirement for Iranians in 2017 and has attracted a growing number of asylum seekers and others hoping for a new life in Europe. But some who try to reach the EU have only hit dead ends.
The United States says it is “deeply concerned” by reports that prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been arrested in Tehran and calls for her immediate release.
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been arrested in the country’s capital, her husband says.
A banned film star's death has prompted mass demonstrations in Tehran.
Iran has urged the European Union to do more to preserve a landmark 2015 accord easing sanctions against Tehran in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program.
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Amid rotting corpses and unexploded shells, a man sells chickpea soup on the streets of Mosul, Iraq.
Iranian security officers have arrested two women who protested against the compulsory hijab in Tehran by removing their head scarves in public and waving them while standing on utility boxes.
Five security officers have been killed and 300 people arrested amid clashes between law enforcement authorities and Sufi Muslim protesters in Tehran, police say.
An Iranian teachers' organization has blamed the country's recent outbreak of protests on inflation, poverty, unemployment, and "mismanagement by state officials."
Iran's foreign minister has warned other countries not to foment insecurity in his country.
Germany’s top diplomat says the European Union will invite Iran's foreign minister for talks about the widespread antigovernment protests that have rocked the country since December 28.
The U.S. call for support for Iranian antigovernment protesters drew a mixed reaction at the United Nations, with even some U.S. allies questioning whether an international response was justified.
Antigovernment protests entered a second week across Iran amid a war of words between the United States and Tehran, which accuses the White House of meddling in its domestic affairs.
At least two protesters were killed in antigovernment street protests in Iran, as demonstrations originally prompted by anger over rising prices intensified and spread to the capital, Tehran, prompting government warnings of an “iron fist” response.
Iranian police warned anti-government protesters against staging new rallies after arresting dozens of demonstrators in Tehran and the western city Kermanshah, even as the United States called for a "peaceful transition" of government in Iran.
The husband of jailed Iranian-British aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says there have been "positive steps" toward her release following British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's visit to Tehran last week.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called on the authorities to provide more aid for the survivors of a devastating earthquake that hit the country’s west more than a week ago.
Eight Iranian border guards have been killed in clashes with militants near the Turkish frontier.
Two top Iranian military commanders say that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has restricted the range of ballistic missiles manufactured in the country to 2,000 kilometers.
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