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.
A statue erected to honor top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani has been torched by unknown assailants hours after it was unveiled in southwestern Iran, domestic media reported on January 6.
Iranian authorities have prevented a prominent Iranian sociologist from leaving the country to begin a one-year research program at Yale University.
A rocket attacked has rocked an Iraqi military base that houses U.S. soldiers near the airport in Baghdad amid heightened tensions around the anniversary of the 2020 killing of a top Iranian general and a senior Iraqi militia leader in a U.S. drone strike.
At least 10 people have been killed in a road accident in southwestern Iran.
Iran has passed a law banning the free, state-subsidized distribution of contraceptives in a bid to boost its population growth -- but the move has raised fears of catastrophic repercussions.
Iran's parliament passed legislation on December 15 to raise teachers' salaries following several days of countrywide protests and a strike that impacted the Islamic republic's education system.
Iran has accused Western parties to its 2015 nuclear deal of "persisting in their blame game," after European diplomats involved in ongoing negotiations aimed at reviving the agreement said Tehran was putting forward new proposals that are "inconsistent" with the accord.
Teachers and educators in Iran are on strike for a third day in a row demanding salary rises, with police violence reported against protesters in Tehran.
An RFE/RL investigation reveals a possible suspect in the unsolved murder of exiled Iranian entertainer Fereydoun Farrokhzad.
Iranian authorities say a major sewerage project is nearing completion. But they warn that the theft of manhole covers and construction materials in the capital and other cities is causing dangerous and costly setbacks.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Iran on December 2 there was still time to return to compliance with its nuclear deal with world powers despite its latest rhetoric.
Iran's border guards and the Taliban ended clashes along a segment of the border in what Iranian state media reported was a "misunderstanding" from the Afghan side.
Iran has banned the import of home appliances from South Korea and is planning to apply similar bans on other foreign products. The move is seen as a response to the withdrawal of South Korean companies from Iranian oil and gas projects in reaction to U.S. sanctions in 2018
A public defender, a rights activist, small business owners: these women have seen their lives and careers upended by the Taliban's return to power in August. After 100 days of Taliban rule, they take stock of the personal and economic harm caused by the regime's repressive policies.
Members of Afghanistan's Hazara community, an ethnic minority made up of mainly Shi'ite Muslims, say they are facing a wave of persecution under the new Taliban regime. Families who fled to Kabu report that Taliban officials forced them out of their homes in the middle of the night.
A U.S.-based news outlet that covers news in Iran says at least 214 people, including 13 minors, were arrested last week in a police crackdown on demonstrators protesting crippling water shortages in the central city of Isfahan.
Security forces in the Iranian city of Isfahan used tear gas on farmers who have been protesting against water shortages. Video posted on social media on November 26 showed riot police charging the protesters amid a water crisis in the country.
Two years after Iran's November 2019 crackdown on anti-government protests that killed several hundred demonstrators, the families of many of the victims are still seeking justice.
Tents set up last week by Iranian farmers in a dry river bed in Isfahan, Iran's third-largest city, to protest against water cuts have been set on fire by riot police, and shots could be heard in the area.
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