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's central bank has urged all credit- and debit-cardholders in the country to change their personal identification code numbers to increase the security of their transactions following media reports that the credit cards of some 3 million Iranians have been hacked.
Iranian pro-democracy activist Kourosh Zaim has been handed a three-year suspended sentence after judges found him guilty of acting against national security and spreading propaganda against the Islamic republic.
Former Tehran prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi has been summoned to appear in court, Iranian news agencies report.
Iranian human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani has been sentenced to 18 years in prison, according to his wife.
Iranian authorities are introducing uniforms for female civil servants as of March 21, the start of the Persian new year.
