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.
An RFE/RL investigation reveals a possible suspect in the unsolved murder of exiled Iranian entertainer Fereydoun Farrokhzad.
Iranian authorities say a major sewerage project is nearing completion. But they warn that the theft of manhole covers and construction materials in the capital and other cities is causing dangerous and costly setbacks.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Iran on December 2 there was still time to return to compliance with its nuclear deal with world powers despite its latest rhetoric.
Iran's border guards and the Taliban ended clashes along a segment of the border in what Iranian state media reported was a "misunderstanding" from the Afghan side.
Iran has banned the import of home appliances from South Korea and is planning to apply similar bans on other foreign products. The move is seen as a response to the withdrawal of South Korean companies from Iranian oil and gas projects in reaction to U.S. sanctions in 2018
A public defender, a rights activist, small business owners: these women have seen their lives and careers upended by the Taliban's return to power in August. After 100 days of Taliban rule, they take stock of the personal and economic harm caused by the regime's repressive policies.
Members of Afghanistan's Hazara community, an ethnic minority made up of mainly Shi'ite Muslims, say they are facing a wave of persecution under the new Taliban regime. Families who fled to Kabu report that Taliban officials forced them out of their homes in the middle of the night.
A U.S.-based news outlet that covers news in Iran says at least 214 people, including 13 minors, were arrested last week in a police crackdown on demonstrators protesting crippling water shortages in the central city of Isfahan.
Security forces in the Iranian city of Isfahan used tear gas on farmers who have been protesting against water shortages. Video posted on social media on November 26 showed riot police charging the protesters amid a water crisis in the country.
Two years after Iran's November 2019 crackdown on anti-government protests that killed several hundred demonstrators, the families of many of the victims are still seeking justice.
Tents set up last week by Iranian farmers in a dry river bed in Isfahan, Iran's third-largest city, to protest against water cuts have been set on fire by riot police, and shots could be heard in the area.
Iranian officials say around 4,600 children collect recyclable garbage on the streets of Tehran to sell and that the numbers are growing. It's estimated that 95 percent are foreigners and most of them are young Afghans. Many other children work at markets or cleaning cars in the Iranian capital.
Renewed protests over water shortages in Iran have opened the floodgates, with Iranians loudly voicing their anger over other issues as well. Videos sent to RFE/RL's Radio Farda provide a rare view from the streets, where tens of thousands of people in Isfahan and other cities are on the march.
Iran has executed a man who was arrested for murder at the age of 17, triggering condemnations from the European Union, the United Nations, and human rights groups.
The head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog has met with Iranian officials to press for greater access to nuclear facilities in the Islamic republic ahead of talks next week in Vienna aimed at reviving a 2015 deal between Iran and world powers.
The chief of the UN's atomic agency has arrived in Tehran for meetings with Iranian officials ahead of talks next week in Vienna aimed at reviving a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
Iranians might have to give up their "unclean" habit of keeping cats, dogs, and even bunny rabbits in their homes. Under newly proposed legislation, the pets would have to go or owners would face strict penalties.
Thousands of people have joined a rally in central Iranian city of Isfahan to protest against water cuts and the drying up of the river that passes through Iran's third-largest city.
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