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 officials said they are investigating a series of acid attacks on women that occurred in the historic city of Isfahan in recent days.
A group of Iranian journalists has openly criticized President Hassan Rohani for claiming that reporters are not being jailed in the Islamic republic.
A United Nations human rights envoy has urged Tehran to address human rights issues highlighted in a UN report.
The Baha'i International Community has accused Iran of excavating a cemetery where hundreds of Baha'i followers are buried.
A son of detained Iranian opposition figure Mehdi Karrubi says his father "sticks to his beliefs and principles" and has no plans to ask authorities for forgiveness.
Former Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has failed to appear before a criminal court to face charges over nine cases stemming from his time in office.
Listener comments to RFE/RL's Radio Farda and other media coverage show Iranians are generally welcoming their country's interim nuclear deal, although some conservative voices remain skeptical.
Reports from Iran say 12 more people have been executed for a variety of offenses amid a surge in the use of the death penalty there.
Four Iranian political prisoners, including prominent human right lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani, have begun a hunger strike to protest prison conditions.
Majid Tavakoli, a prominent jailed student activist and one of the symbols of Iran's embattled student movement, has been given prison leave for the first time since his arrest in 2009.
Iranian media reports say President Hassan Rohani has nominated three candidates for cabinet posts to replace nominees who were rejected by the parliament.
The European Union says Iran made a "very useful" presentation on October 15 in Geneva on how to resolve the dispute over its nuclear program.
Prominent Iranian reform journalist Issa Saharkhiz has been released from jail, according to his son.
Iran's Guardians Council is reviewing amendments to the country's marriage law that specifies the rights of parents to marry their adoptive children.
The sister of a former U.S. marine imprisoned in Iran is trying to meet the Iranian president during his trip to New York to participate in the annual UN General Assembly meeting.
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has announced the Foreign Ministry will lead nuclear talks with world powers.
A video has surfaced that shows former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani clearly blaming Damascus for chemical attacks, despite the Iranian government's claim that the media had wrongly reported his remarks.
Listeners from across Iran have been contacting RFE/RL's Radio Farda in response to news of a chemical weapons attack in neighboring Syria, which many international observers have blamed on President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
The wife of Iranian-American pastor Saeed Abedini says U.S. President Obama should call for the release of her husband, who has been jailed for his religious activities.
Iran's biggest private bank is reportedly claiming 500 million pounds ($780 million) from Britain's Treasury.
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