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 lawmakers have given President Hassan Rohani one month to appear before parliament to answer questions amid growing public discontent over the country's deepening economic difficulties.
Iranian security forces have prevented devotees of fans of late poet Ahmad Shamlou, who pushed for greater freedoms and had some of his work banned under successive governments, from marking the 18th anniversary of his death.
Hundreds of demonstrators protesting against shortages of drinking water in southwestern Iran have clashed with police, local media report.
The Iranian capital was hit by power outages amid protests in Tehran over worsening economic conditions in the country.
Police in Tehran have fired tear-gas at a crowd of protesters who marched to the Iranian parliament on June 25 after swarming the city’s historic Grand Bazaar in anger over the country's troubled economy.
A spontaneous protest erupted at Tehran's Grand Bazaar on the morning of June 25, after the black-market exchange rate of Iran’s rial currency fell by more than 10 percent in a single day, despite moves by the government to support the rial.
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.
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