The Pentagon called the incident 'significant,' saying two rounds of warning shots were fired before
The Kremlin critic took the opportunity to attack Russian President Vladimir Putin
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has already served a five-year prison sentence in the Islamic Republic
Iran and the world powers have been meeting in Vienna since early April to work on steps that must b
President Ghani made remarks after inaugurating new dam near Iranian border
/In VOA Persian interview, Robert Malley suggested Iran-backed militants' recent rocket strikes on U
Human rights group says Zaghari-Ratcliffe needs mental and physical healthcare
Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a project manager with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was arrested at a Tehran a
It was an apparent response to rocket attacks against US targets in Iraq
Iranian parliament questions validity of temporary accord reached with IAEA head
Assadollah Assadi was found guilty of planning to attack an Iranian opposition group in France
Iran, a major backer of Syrian President al-Assad's regime, has built a significant military presenc
Anthropologist Kameel Ahmady convicted of conducting subversive research work, according to the semi
It's latest incident in region that has been in grip of Islamist insurgency for more than a decade
Iranian media shows bullet holes in car windshield from attack and video of helicopter transporting
Three other Iranian nationals are also accused of planning the attack on an opposition rally featuri
In VOA Persian interview, US-based daughter of dissident Jamshid Sharmahd said an Iranian lawyer hir
Nasibeh Shemsai left the Islamic Republic for Turkey and was arrested trying to flee into Spain ille
In VOA Persian interview, source close to Maryam Ebrahimvand's family said an Iranian court notified
In VOA Persian interview from Turkey, Fatemeh Khoshrou said the Iranian judiciary sent her a digital
Esmail Abdi's wife tells VOA Persian he reported severe pain on left side of body in call from Tehra
Paris-based Taghi Rahmani told VOA Persian he heard about his wife's Thursday release from family me
In a message Tuesday to VOA Persian, source close to family of dissident Farhad Meysami said Meysami
In VOA interview, a friend of Behnam Mahjoubi said the dissident's transfer from Tehran's Evin priso
Activist's arrest prompts social media campaign she says saved her from deportation
Jawar Mohammed scheduled to re-appear in court Thursday for charges to be read out
In VOA interview, lawyer Saleh Nikbakht criticized Iran's Supreme Court for rejecting his request to
Source tells VOA Persian that Navid Afkari told relatives in a brief Sunday phone call from prison t
Zaghari-Ratcliffe was temporarily released from jail in March amid concerns over the spread of the c
In Monday interview with VOA Persian, source who is close to family of Navid Afkari Sangari said Ira
Protests come after killing of protest leaders, and explosion in Nasiriyah's central Haboubi Square
Nasrin Sotoudeh's husband told VOA that she started her second hunger strike of the year Tuesday at
Acting Assistant Secretary for US Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs told jo
Since late June, a string of fires and blasts have been reported at military, industrial and nuclear
In July 3 statement recorded by phone from Tehran's Evin prison and sent to VOA, Anoosheh Ashoori vo
Pompeo is leading a US drive to persuade the Security Council to extend the embargo due to expire in
The explosion reportedly occurred as gas canisters caught fire in the basement of a medical clinic i
Iranian state television is reporting an explosion from a gas leak in a medical clinic in northern T
Ruhollah Zam had been living and working in exile in Paris before being lured into returning to Ira
New charges could add to her seven-year prison term for peaceful activism
Iranian media showed images of Sirous Asgari arriving Wednesday in Tehran, four years after he was p
Collapse of economy has led to severe fuel shortages in Venezuela/
Paris has called for the release of Fariba Adelkhah, but Tehran does not recognize dual citizenship
The service members are in hospitals in Germany and Kuwait
Tensions escalated recently after the the U.S. conducted a targeted killing of a top Iranian command
Protests enter third day in several cities across country, as anger shifts from United States for ki
Iranians turn memorial honoring passengers of Ukrainian jetliner into protest against their governme
A night of vigils for the victims of a Ukrainian passenger airliner mistakenly shot down by Iran's I
US officials say the operation took place on the same day a US drone strike killed Qassem Soleimani
Unrest in Iran and anti-immigrant rhetoric in US is seeding fear, they say
US airstrike killed Quds Force commander in Iraq
State television broadcast live footage of the Sunday ceremonies showing black-clad marchers chantin
US analysts discuss the move and its impact on Iran, and US policies in the Middle East region
Thousands of mourners are gathering for a funeral procession through Baghdad for Iran's top general
Strike follows attack that killed one US contractor, wounded US and Iraqi troops
The killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, could draw forceful Irani
US and Iranian leaders trade threats