A British-Australian academic who was held in solitary confinement in an Iranian prison for more than 800 days has split from her husband after allegedly discovering he had had an affair while she was behind bars. Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert, an Islamic studies scholar, was freed last November in a prisoner swap deal after spending 804 … Read more
An Iranian diplomat who plotted a thwarted bomb attack against a rally in Paris attended by British MPs and Rudy Giuliani was convicted and jailed for 20 years today. Assasollah Assadi masterminded the plot and supplied explosives to target the 25,000-strong rally held by an exiled Iranian opposition group in 2018, a Belgian court heard. … Read more
British security firm G4S denies providing US forces with information so they could assassinate top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani G4S denied allegations they tipped American forces off about Iranian General General Qassem Soleimani was blown up by missiles last January He was killed near Baghdad airport, which G4S handles security for By Dora Allday For … Read more
Israel ‘launches air strikes against Iranian military targets in Syria killing six’ Syria’s official news agency reported explosions in the central town of Masyaf Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said attack killed six foreign paramilitaries Israel has previously acknowledged carrying out dozens of airstrikes in Syria By Joe Davies For Mailonline Published: 16:51 GMT, 26 … Read more
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said today he was happy that ‘lawless terrorist’ Donald Trump was leaving the White House. ‘We are not overjoyed about Mr. Biden’s arrival, but we are happy about Trump leaving,’ Rouhani said in a televised speech to the cabinet, adding the Republican was ‘the most lawless U.S. president’ and a ‘terrorist.’ … Read more
Iranian parliament backs plan to end nuclear inspections and start enriching more uranium after assassination of chief scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Draft bill calls on government to end UN inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities Government has said it considers the proposal ‘neither necessary nor useful’ Fakhrizadeh was assassinated on a major road outside Tehran on Friday … Read more
An air strike killed a commander of Iran‘s Revolutionary Guards along the Iraq-Syria border at the weekend, Iraqi security and local militia officials have confirmed. A drone is said to have killed Muslim Shahdan, a senior commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, in a targeted strike on his car, Iraqi security forces told Saudi-based … Read more
Iranian nuclear scientist is ‘injured in attempted assassination near Tehran’ reports in Iran claim By Jemma Carr For Mailonline Published: 14:16 GMT, 27 November 2020 | Updated: 14:26 GMT, 27 November 2020 A nuclear scientist dubbed ‘father of the Iranian bomb’ has been injured in an assassination attempt, state-run media reports. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi – a … Read more
Former Iranian bodybuilder, 38, is jailed for trying to cheat the UK driving theory test THREE times by wearing a secret Bluetooth earpiece and sending a lookalike man in his place Amir Lorzadeh from Shenley Green, Birmingham was jailed for 11 months He tried to pass the test by wearing an earpiece twice and by sending … Read more
The Iranian skipper of a migrant boat which capsized in the Channel killing a family of five faces 10 years in prison after being charged with ‘aggravated manslaughter’. Police yesterday arrested the suspected captain who insisted he was simply another passenger trying to reach the UK for a better life. The unidentified 37-year-old Iranian appeared … Read more