Trump threatens to destroy any Iranian missiles shipped to Venezuela after President Maduro announced plan to buy more weapons after UN arms embargo expired ‘The transfer of long-range missiles from Iran to Venezuela is not acceptable and will not be tolerated or permitted,’ State Department Special Rep. said A UN embargo on Iran buying and … Read more
Iranian anti-hijab activist ‘faces execution or torture’: Protester is arrested in Turkey, raising fears she will be deported to Tehran Maryam Shariatmadari was arrested in Iran in 2018 for protesting without a hijab She was sentenced to a year in jail, but fled to Turkey where she claimed asylum Maryam was arrested in Turkey on … Read more
An Iranian wrestling champion has been sentenced to death for taking part in protests against the regime in 2018. Iran‘s Supreme Court confirmed two death sentences for Navid Afkari along with six years and six months in prison and 74 lashes, according to Persian-language broadcaster Iran International. His brother, Vahid Afkari, received a prison sentence … Read more
Iranian newspaper is shut down for reporting ‘true’ death toll from covid is 20 times higher than official count Iran shut down the Jahan-e Sanat publication on Sunday following the interview Mohammadreza Mahboubfar said officials had only reported 5% of the real tolls Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari rejected Mahboubfar’s remarks and said he … Read more
His iconic photographs of the SAS storming the Iranian embassy won him an award – but Dave Parker might easily have missed it. As a budding Fleet Street photographer when the siege happened in 1980, he was also trying to cover his patch at Heathrow Airport, and only agreed last minute to do a ‘shift’ … Read more
A massive blaze has broken out at an Iranian port, ripping through at least seven ships – the latest in a string of mysterious fires and explosions to hit the country. Dramatic video purporting to show the blaze shows thick black smoke billowing from the scene at the port of Bushehr – as men desperately … Read more
At least nineteen people were killed and six injured on Tuesday in an explosion at a medical clinic in the north of the Iranian capital Tehran, Fars news agency reported, quoting a state official. The blast was triggered by a gas leak, Tehran Deputy Governor Hamid Reza Goudarzi told state television. It was initially reported … Read more
Iranian journalist is sentenced to death three years after he inspired anti-government protests Ruhollah Zam had run a website posting information about Iranian officials He lived and worked in exile in Paris before returning to Iran & being arrested His death sentence was announced on Tuesday morning By Ap Published: 14:08 BST, 30 June 2020 … Read more
Iranian star of Oscar-winner The Salesman is given five-month jail sentence for ‘propaganda’ after posting a video of morality police attacking a woman for not wearing a hijab Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti starred in 2017 Oscar winner The Salesman She has been sentenced to five months in prison for ‘propaganda activities’ Her jail term was … Read more
Queen Elizabeth II may have played an important but unwitting role in the coup against Iran‘s prime minister because of a muddled telegram, newly-discovered documents have revealed. Communications found in Washington DC’s archives show bungling US officials accidentally told the Shah of Iran that the monarch had urged him to stay in his country to … Read more