Golnaz Esfandiari

1 week ago | romania.europalibera.org | Golnaz Esfandiari |Kian Sharifi |Hannah Kaviani

Atunci când Israelul i-a avertizat pe locuitorii uneia dintre cele mai luxoase și mai dens populate zone din Teheran – Districtul 3 – să evacueze zona, pentru că vor urma atacuri aeriene în zonă, anxietatea, deja ridicată, a crescut și mai mult. Ambele țări – Israelul și Iranul – au executat atacuri aeriene una asupra celeilalte în ultimele zile, provocând numeroase victime în rândul civililor. Însă cele mai intense atacuri au fost la Teheran.

1 week ago | rferl.org | Golnaz Esfandiari |Hannah Kaviani |Kian Sharifi

When Israel issued a warning to residents of one of Tehran's most upscale and densely populated areas, District 3, to evacuate saying it intended to carry out air strikes in the area, already heightened anxiety rose even further. Both countries have carried out air strikes on each other in recent days, inflicting scores of civilian casualties along the way. But the most intense attacks have come in Tehran.

2 months ago | rferl.org | Kian Sharifi |Rikard Jozwiak |Golnaz Esfandiari |Mehran Karimi

US lawmakers and experts at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing underscored a rare bipartisan consensus -- preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons as a top priority. However, divisions remain over how far Washington should go in applying pressure versus pursuing diplomacy. Republican lawmakers strongly supported the Donald Trump administration’s decision to reinstate the “maximum pressure” campaign that defined his Iran policy during his first term as US president.

Mar 26, 2025 | rferl.org | Kian Sharifi |Rikard Jozwiak |Golnaz Esfandiari |Parisa Sohbati

Iran has released video showing a massive underground missile facility filled with a cache of high-powered weaponry. The footage, shared on March 25, showed Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Mohammad Baqeri and Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Aerospace Force commander, showing off what Iranian media said was an "underground missile city."Some of Iran’s most advanced weapons are seen mounted on vehicles in the underground tunnels.

Mar 20, 2025 | rferl.org | Rikard Jozwiak |Kian Sharifi |Golnaz Esfandiari |Parisa Sohbati

Millions of Afghans in Iran face an uncertain future as Tehran prepares to implement sweeping restrictions that will cut off access to health care, education, housing, and other essential services for undocumented immigrants. The new policy, set to take effect on March 21, has left many Afghans grappling with impossible choices between a hostile host country and an unstable homeland. For Rasheed, an Afghan immigrant living in Iran, the consequences of these policies have already hit home.