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.
Iran has for the first time confirmed that it is holding talks with its bitter regional rival Saudi Arabia, saying that de-escalation of tensions in the Persian Gulf is in the interest of both nations and the region.
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has said that the leak of a recording of the country’s foreign minister making frank comments about the limits of his power sought to “create divisions" during talks aimed at reviving a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
The Iranian government says an investigation has been ordered into the "conspiracy" of leaked audio in which Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the military and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) are too influential in diplomacy.
Two Iranians have been sentenced to death for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad, according to a U.S.-based news outlet that covers news in Iran.
Women living in Iranian cities say they face frequent sexual harassment, catcalls, and verbal abuse -- and many fear that those incidents mean they're not safe from violent crimes. Though street harassment is illegal, the law is rarely enforced.
Iranian officials say the country has begun enriching uranium up to 60 percent purity, higher than it has ever done before, despite ongoing talks between Tehran and world powers to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.
Iran has vowed to take "revenge" for an alleged act of sabotage at its main Natanz nuclear site that it blames on its archenemy Israel, an incident that could overshadow diplomatic efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal abandoned by former U.S. President Donald Trump.
Iranian authorities say COVID-19 cases have surpassed 2 million, with a new daily record of more than 22,000 infections, following the Persian New Year holiday.
Iran has set a new daily record for new coronavirus infections amid a surge of cases following the Norouz holiday.
An Iranian ship long anchored off Yemen and used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has reportedly been damaged by an explosion in the Red Sea.
Facebook has removed hundreds of fake accounts linked to an Iranian exile group that posted content critical of Iran's government.
In 1999, Saeed Zinali was arrested amid student protests that rocked Iran. More than two decades later, his mother continues to search for him.
The lawyer for a French tourist who was arrested in Iran some 10 months ago says his client faces charges of espionage and "spreading propaganda against the system."
A lawyer for British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has said that her trial on charges of "propaganda against the system" was held in Tehran.
A semiofficial Iranian news agency has reported a clash between border guards and a group of angry protesters near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran after a shooting incident.
A new music video by popular Los Angeles-based Iranian singer Sasy Mankan features an adult film star and is causing controversy in the Islamic republic, where authorities have thus far arrested two in connection with the video and warned the singer of legal action.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has demanded the "immediate release" of aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and other dual nationals detained in Iran.
In Iran's conservative Islamic society, prostitution is illegal, immoral, and rarely discussed. But in an investigative documentary by RFE/RL's Radio Farda, sex workers in Tehran describe a routine business where clients are easily found and family members turn a blind eye.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) claims to have prevented the hijacking of a passenger plane, but has offered few details on what allegedly happened.
The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog says the agency’s inspection work in Iran cannot become a "bargaining chip" in talks to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal with world powers.
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