Experiences A holiday turned into being chased around Iran by the secret police Lisa Jackson gives us her first-hand experience of encounters with secret services in Tehran. 07/04/2021
Iran France urges Iran to avoid nuclear escalation ahead of talks Washington and Tehran said they would take part in indirect talks in Vienna next week, nearly three years after President Trump pulled the US out of the 2015 nuclear deal. 03/04/2021
Russia Putin 'approved pro-Trump influence operations' in US election The report, released Tuesday by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, represents the most detailed assessment of the array of foreign threats to the 2020 election. 17/03/2021
Iran Iran charges French tourist with spying and ‘spreading propaganda’ It’s the latest in a series of cases against foreigners at a time of heightened tensions between Iran and the West. 15/03/2021
United Kingdom Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in Tehran court on charges of propaganda British-Iranian charity worker, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who served five years in jail for allegedly working against Tehran's government, is now accused of participating in a demonstration outside the Iranian embassy in London 12 years ago. 14/03/2021
world news Zaghari-Ratcliffe summoned to court as 5-year sentence in Tehran ends The British-Iranian's ankle tag has been removed, a British MP said on Sunday. 07/03/2021
Israel Netanyahu accuses Iran of attacking Israeli-owned cargo ship The mysterious explosion struck the Israeli-owned MV Helios Ray, a Bahamian-flagged roll-on, roll-off vehicle cargo ship, as it was sailing out of the Middle East on its way to Singapore on Friday. 01/03/2021
USA US launches airstrike in Syria in Biden's first military action The airstrikes targeted facilities near the Iraqi border used by Iranian-backed militia groups, the Pentagon said. 26/02/2021
Iran Iran begins restricting international inspections of nuclear plants State TV reported the country had officially begun restrictions on nuclear inspections, in what is seen as a bid to pressure the west into lifting sanctions and restore the 2015 nuclear deal. 23/02/2021
Iran Iran agrees to maintain nuclear surveillance temporarily Iran’s parliament in December approved a bill that would suspend part of UN inspections of its nuclear facilities if European signatories do not provide relief from oil and banking sanctions by Tuesday, February 23. 21/02/2021
Afghanistan Fuel tanker blast at Afghan-Iran border causes huge fire and injuries The explosion at the Islam Qala crossing in Afghanistan's western Herat province caused a massive fire that consumed more than 500 trucks carrying natural gas and fuel. 13/02/2021
Belgium Iranian diplomat jailed for 20 years for planned attack in France An Iranian diplomat was sentenced to the maximum 20-year prison term by a Belgian court for planning an attack against opponents of the Tehran regime in France in 2018. 04/02/2021
world news France, Germany and UK tell Iran to stop producing uranium metal The European countries said in a joint statement they were “deeply concerned” by Iran’s announcement it would produce uranium metal, a violation of the 2015 nuclear treaty. 17/01/2021
Iraq Iraq issues arrest warrant for Trump over Soleimani killing The arrest warrant was for a charge of premeditated murder, which carries the death penalty on conviction. 07/01/2021
world news South Korean tanker was boarded by armed Iran Guard forces The latest maritime seizure by Iran came ahead of negotiations over Iranian assets frozen in South Korean banks and amid increased tensions with the West over its nuclear program. 05/01/2021
Iran Iran says it has started enriching uranium up to 20% It comes amid escalating tensions with the US and marks the Middle Eastern country's largest breach of the 2015 nuclear deal it struck with several other countries. 04/01/2021
View Trump's Blackwater pardons could fuel retaliation on anniversary of Soleimani's assassination ǀ View As has been the case in the past, Donald Trump doesn’t see the links between his impulsive, corruption-driven decisions, like the Blackwater pardons, and threats to US national security. 01/01/2021
Iran Iran executes journalist who encouraged 2017 protests Iran executed a once-exiled journalist over his online work that helped inspire nationwide economic protests in 2017. 12/12/2020
Iran France, Germany and UK brand Iran’s nuclear plans ‘deeply worrying’ Iranian plans to build three advanced centrifuges, in contravention of the Iran Nuclear Deal, are “deeply worrying” according to the governments of France, Germany and the UK. 07/12/2020
Europe News Scientist killing 'will not help' bid to revive Iran nuclear deal Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed while driving through the city of Absard, east of Tehran, by “armed terrorist elements” using explosives and machine-gun fire, the Iranian state broadcaster said. 01/12/2020
no comment Iran lays to rest nuclear scientist and vows to carry his forward work Ali Shamkhani, a top Iranian security official, used the funeral to accuse Israel of using “electronic devices” to kill the nuclear scientist. 30/11/2020
Iran Iran vows to retaliate over top nuclear scientist's killing Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif says there are 'serious indications of [an] Israeli role' in the death of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who was shot dead on Friday 27/11/2020
Iran British-Australian academic released after years jailed in Iran Kylie Moore-Gilbert was sentenced to 10 years in prison on disputed espionage charges, but was released early in exchange for three Iranians held abroad. 26/11/2020
USA US officials link Iran to emails meant to intimidate voters US officials accused Iran on Wednesday of being behind a flurry of emails sent to Democratic voters in multiple battleground states. 22/10/2020
Iran Iran: UN arms embargo ends after ten years amid U.S. anger Iran welcomed the expiration of the deal, but said it was not planning to go on a 'shopping spree'. 19/10/2020
state of the union Europe's week: Failed sanctions and a rebooted migration policy Sanctions against Belarusian strongman, Alexander Lukashenko, failed to materialise this week, as the EU launched its much anticipated and revamped migration pact. 25/09/2020
