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.
Iranian President Hassan Rohani says the United States is seeking regime change in Tehran.
The Iranian parliament has approved a bill aimed at bringing Iran's laws in line with international standards and allowing the country to join the UN convention against the funding of terrorism, or CFT.
France says it has frozen the assets of Iran's Ministry of Security and Intelligence, as well as of two Iranian men thought to be members of the country’s intelligence service.
Special courts set up in Iran to deal with financial crimes have sentenced three people to death, local media reported, as the country faces renewed U.S. sanctions and public outcry against corruption.
At least 27 people have died in four Iranian provinces after drinking bootleg alcohol, the national emergency services say.
U.S. and United Nations officials have condemned the attack on a military parade in southwestern Iran that state media said killed at least 25 people and wounded 60, an assault the country's supreme leader and the president blamed on "puppets" of the United States.
At least 21 people died and 20 others were injured after a bus and a fuel tanker collided in central Iran, officials say.
A group of anarchists has attacked the Iranian Embassy in Athens to protest Tehran's treatment of its Kurdish population, Greek authorities say.
Iran has accused police in Paris of failing to respond quickly to what it called an attack against its embassy in the French capital by Kurdish activists.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has accused the United States and Israel of waging a "media war" to discourage Iranians, as the country faces economic hardship following the reimposition of nuclear sanctions by the United States.
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has declared that Israel "will try to destroy any Iranian military presence on the territory of Syria." He has also said he hopes that "reasonable people will take the power in Iran." Lieberman spoke on September 4 in Tel Aviv to RFE/RL's Radio Farda and Current Time -- a Russian-language digital network produced by RFE/RL in cooperation with Voice of America.
Israel's defense chief has warned that his country will seek to "destroy any Iranian military presence" in Syria, where Tehran has intervened to prop up its ally President Bashar al-Assad in a war that has lasted more than seven-years.
The Iranian parliament has voted to remove the minister of economic affairs and finance from office, amid mounting discontentment toward President Hassan Rohani’s government over a deterioration in the country's economic situation.
At least two people were killed and more than 240 others were injured after an earthquake of magnitude 6.0 and at least two strong aftershocks struck western Iran, local media report.
Iran's parliament has ousted the minister of labor and social welfare in a vote of no confidence as the country struggles to stabilize its economy.
Iranian authorities detained a deputy central bank governor amid street protests over the country’s economic difficulties, state-run media report, as Iran prepares to face a return of U.S. sanctions that were lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal.
Rallies against the government continued for a fifth consecutive day in a number of Iranian cities on August 4. Iranians have shared videos from Tehran, Karaj, and Qom, although the locations could not be independently verified.
Amateur videos sent to RFE/RL and shared on social media appear to show dozens of protesters on the streets of Iranian cities on August 3. It is believed the cities in question are Karaj, Qazvin, and the capital, Tehran, but this could not be independently confirmed.
Demonstrations ignited by anger over economic hardships continued for the fifth day in northern Iran on August 4, a day after media reported on the first protester death and an attack on a Shi’ite seminary.
Hundreds of protesters returned to the streets of several Iranian cities on August 2, according to state media and social-media posts, amid growing anxiety over the country’s economic difficulties.
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