In statement to VOA, US State Department 'strongly discourages' Barry Rosen, 77, from carrying out protest pressing for US-Iran prisoner deal
In VOA Persian interview, Iran-based activist Shahla Entesari said Iranians have directed pandemic-related stress toward family members, mirroring global phenomenon
In April 16 interview with VOA Persian, Iranian women's rights activist Giti Pourfazel said stay-at-home rules have made it harder for female heads-of-household to earn a living
Two dissidents whose activist wives remain jailed in Iran say relatives risk contracting virus when visiting
Zartosht Ahmadi Ragheb tells VOA that regime mismanagement will prolong unemployment, recession
In VOA Persian interview, Iranian teacher unionist Ali Akbar Baghani says students risk virus exposure if forced back to classrooms, face inability to connect to online classes
In interview with VOA Persian, attorney Saleh Nikbakht warned of dangerous virus hot spots in prisons where dissidents have been kept as other inmates are temporarily released
Some Iranians dismiss declarations of coronavirus infections by Iranian political and religious figures as fake, while others accuse elites of monopolizing access to medical testing
5,000 Pakistanis have been stranded in Iran since Pakistan closed its border Sunday, while Iranian dissidents’ relatives have raised alarm about virus contagion risk in prisons
Iranians' anxieties about the spread of the virus and difficulties in finding medical supplies were on display in several videos filmed Monday in Iran and sent to VOA Persian
In VOA Persian interview, Nizar Zakka shares new details of interactions with other detainees at Tehran’s Evin prison, one of whom he identified as a little-known Iranian who also has U.S. residency
