VOA receives reports, also circulating on social media, of pervasive deployment of special forces on streets of numerous ...
Videos from Iran showed women struggling as "Morality Police" officers tried to shove them into vans in widespread arrests.
By Guest writer in Tehran As Iran grapples with growing regional tensions with Israel, the police forces across the country ...
After Iran's massive air assault on Israel, it appears likely that Israel will be forced to strike back. Iran has been ...
But the show of force was also precisely that—a show, choreographed and designed largely to project power without actually ...
A year and a half after the start of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests, police in Iran have resumed “morality patrols” to ...
In Iran, the crackdown on dissent continues long after the protests sparked by the death of a young woman in police custody. Iranians fleeing persecution at home are seeking shelter in Turkey.
Many Iranians understand the regime’s obsession with destroying the Jewish state a costly way to divert the public’s ...
Iran’s direct attack on Israel over the weekend upended decades of its shadowy warfare by proxy, something Tehran has used to ...
The elder sister of Nika Shakarami, a 16-year-old girl who was killed during the 2022 anti-government protests in Iran, has ...
Iran has declared a ‘rejuvenated campaign aimed at women who neglect to adhere to the Islamic dress code in public spaces,’ ...
Iran has recently witnessed a severe intensification of its hijab enforcement, with numerous reports emerging of violent arrests, harassment, and detentions of women across various cities. The ...