Azerbaijanis in Iran, like many other non-Persian ethnic minority groups living under the Islamic Republic, face repression ...

An indiscriminate shooting by security forces in Tehran resulted in the death of a young man, according to a human rights ...

A female Iranian rock climber climber who competed ... She returned home and largely vanished from public view, with some Persian-language media based outside Iran reporting she had been placed ...

An Iranian man was arrested at a Thai airport on Tuesday after allegedly groping a motorbike taxi driver last week. The driver, 40-year-old Nampueng, said she picked up the Iranian man at the ...

Prosecutors say the men helped direct a murder-for-hire scheme aimed at Masih Alinejad. The trial is expected to show Iran’s ...

TEHRAN-The Persian translation of the 2001 novel “1979” by the Swiss writer Christian Kracht has been released in the Iranian book market.

A new-to-science species of praying mantis found in Iran has been named as a symbol of universal freedom. Sinaiella azadi was ...

was transferred to Taleghani hospital in Tehran after suffering a heart attack on Tuesday night. Meanwhile, Arsham Rezaei is still in a solitary confinement, an informed source told VOA Persian.

NEW YORK, March 11 (Reuters) - A self-professed member of a Russian organized crime group said on Tuesday he once tried to kill an Iranian-American female journalist and activist, making the ...