Roya Maleki is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Radio Farda.
Billions of dollars in oil revenue are missing from Iran’s coffers. At the center of the scandal are shadowy middlemen known as "trustees" who help Tehran sell oil, steel, petrochemicals, and other goods abroad while bypassing international sanctions.
Iran has claimed that a US strike hit a wedding party, killing several people. What do we know about the alleged incident?
Iran’s war with the United States and Israel has pushed the Islamic republic to the verge of economic collapse. Observers say that Washington is betting that economic pressure will force it to capitulate.
RFE/RL’s Radio Farda interviewed an Iranian woman who was recently detained for not wearing a hijab, or Islamic head scarf. She is among the scores of women who have been detained in recent weeks in Iran, where the authorities are intensifying enforcement of the hijab.
Three prominent actresses who were sentenced this week for not wearing the hijab in public were diagnosed as having "antisocial" and "anti-family" personality disorders by a Tehran court, a practice that top psychiatrists said was unfathomable.
