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.
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has declared that Israel "will try to destroy any Iranian military presence on the territory of Syria." He has also said he hopes that "reasonable people will take the power in Iran." Lieberman spoke on September 4 in Tel Aviv to RFE/RL's Radio Farda and Current Time -- a Russian-language digital network produced by RFE/RL in cooperation with Voice of America.
Israel's defense chief has warned that his country will seek to "destroy any Iranian military presence" in Syria, where Tehran has intervened to prop up its ally President Bashar al-Assad in a war that has lasted more than seven-years.
The Iranian parliament has voted to remove the minister of economic affairs and finance from office, amid mounting discontentment toward President Hassan Rohani’s government over a deterioration in the country's economic situation.
At least two people were killed and more than 240 others were injured after an earthquake of magnitude 6.0 and at least two strong aftershocks struck western Iran, local media report.
Iran's parliament has ousted the minister of labor and social welfare in a vote of no confidence as the country struggles to stabilize its economy.
Iranian authorities detained a deputy central bank governor amid street protests over the country’s economic difficulties, state-run media report, as Iran prepares to face a return of U.S. sanctions that were lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal.
Rallies against the government continued for a fifth consecutive day in a number of Iranian cities on August 4. Iranians have shared videos from Tehran, Karaj, and Qom, although the locations could not be independently verified.
Amateur videos sent to RFE/RL and shared on social media appear to show dozens of protesters on the streets of Iranian cities on August 3. It is believed the cities in question are Karaj, Qazvin, and the capital, Tehran, but this could not be independently confirmed.
Demonstrations ignited by anger over economic hardships continued for the fifth day in northern Iran on August 4, a day after media reported on the first protester death and an attack on a Shi’ite seminary.
Hundreds of protesters returned to the streets of several Iranian cities on August 2, according to state media and social-media posts, amid growing anxiety over the country’s economic difficulties.
Iranian lawmakers have given President Hassan Rohani one month to appear before parliament to answer questions amid growing public discontent over the country's deepening economic difficulties.
Iranian security forces have prevented devotees of fans of late poet Ahmad Shamlou, who pushed for greater freedoms and had some of his work banned under successive governments, from marking the 18th anniversary of his death.
Hundreds of demonstrators protesting against shortages of drinking water in southwestern Iran have clashed with police, local media report.
The Iranian capital was hit by power outages amid protests in Tehran over worsening economic conditions in the country.
Police in Tehran have fired tear-gas at a crowd of protesters who marched to the Iranian parliament on June 25 after swarming the city’s historic Grand Bazaar in anger over the country's troubled economy.
A spontaneous protest erupted at Tehran's Grand Bazaar on the morning of June 25, after the black-market exchange rate of Iran’s rial currency fell by more than 10 percent in a single day, despite moves by the government to support the rial.
Serbia lifted its visa requirement for Iranians in 2017 and has attracted a growing number of asylum seekers and others hoping for a new life in Europe. But some who try to reach the EU have only hit dead ends.
The United States says it is “deeply concerned” by reports that prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been arrested in Tehran and calls for her immediate release.
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been arrested in the country’s capital, her husband says.
A banned film star's death has prompted mass demonstrations in Tehran.
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