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.
The United States has announced the deployment of THAAD, one of its most advanced missile defense systems, to Israel. Experts see the move as part of Washington’s efforts to bolster Israel against possible Iranian retaliation after an anticipated Israeli attack.
A former journalist for RFE/RL who returned to Iran after many years abroad has been arrested in Tehran, a source told RFE/RL on October 15.
Amirhossein Maghsoudloo, a popular and controversial Iranian rapper known by his stage name Tataloo, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison on a variety of charges, a judiciary spokesman said on October 13.
The Iranian Supreme Court has lifted the death sentence against imprisoned labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi and referred her case “for reconsideration,” her lawyer said on October 12.
The European Union will move ahead early next week with new sanctions against individuals and entities linked to Iran, sources told RFE/RL on October 11.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding talks with his Iranian counterpart, Masud Pezeshkian, as the crisis in the Middle East continues to threaten to spin out of control.
Israel has claimed that the successor to slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has likely been "eliminated," while U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris called Tehran the greatest adversary of the United States.
Multiple explosions from Israeli air strikes rocked the suburbs of Beirut late on October 3 as the United States said it is discussing strikes on Iran's oil facilities as retaliation for Tehran's missile attack on Israel earlier this week.
Israel's incursion into south Lebanon continued on October 3 hours after a strike on an apartment building in downtown Beirut killed 9 people while a separate action in the West Bank eliminated a Palestinian militant who was once involved in the lynching of an Israeli reservist.
Iranians told RFE/RL’s Radio Farda of their fears and concerns over a potential war with Israel.
Shortly before Israel launched its ground operation into southern Lebanon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video message to the people of Iran.Netanyahu's latest video was met with both worry and support on Persian-language social media.
Israel appeared to move closer to launching a ground offensive against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, while U.S. President Joe Biden forcefully said he opposed such a move by the close U.S. ally, as events in the Middle East threatened to spin out of control.
Iran's security service was behind a special operation against targets in Sweden, the Nordic country's Prosecutor's Office said
Iranian authorities on September 23 updated the death toll in a mining explosion to 38, with 14 others still trapped within the mine.
Grammy Award winner Shervin Hajipour, who was facing a prison sentence for making the viral song Baraye, said on September 23 that his case has been closed and he’s been granted amnesty.
Iranian coal workers pulled mining carts loaded with the bodies of dozens of their colleagues out of the Tabas mine in Iran's South Khorasan Province on September 22. More than 50 miners were killed. Authorities and state media announced that a methane explosion rocked the site late on September 21.
At least 51 people are dead and 20 injured after a blast at a coal mine in eastern Iran, Iranian media report.
At least eight people were killed and 2,750 were wounded when pagers exploded simultaneously in Lebanon, the health minister said on September 17 after the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group said two of its members and a girl were among those killed in the "mysterious" explosions.
The FBI and other federal U.S. agencies say Iranian hackers sent unsolicited e-mails to individuals then associated with President Joe Biden's reelection campaign that contained an excerpt taken from stolen, nonpublic material from former President Donald Trump's campaign as text in the e-mails.
President Masud Pezeshkian claims that Iran has not transferred any weapons to Russia since he took office in late July and seemed to open the door for direct talks with the United States over nuclear issues, but only if Washington shows it is not "hostile" toward the Islamic republic.
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