Trying to understand the stand-off with Iran
With few foreign journalists now based in Iran, the lack of information coming out has helped the western powers to demonise the government and the country itself.
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Hong Kong is bracing itself for more mass protests this weekend.
Boris Johnson has defended the Iran Nuclear deal, saying it remains the best way to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions. The Foreign Secretary’s statement in Brussels puts him at odds with Donald Trump who said the agreement was “the worst deal ever” and who offered his support to anti-government protests in Iran earlier this month. So…
Across Iran, thousands of people have been on the streets of major cities again today. But this time it was the government that had orchestrated the counter-demonstrations, which many employees were required to attend. As they did so, the head of the country’s Revolutionary Guard declared that anti-government protests were at an end. This report…
After 12 years of talks, it seems Iran has agreed to scale back its nuclear programme in exchange for the lifting of UN sanctions that have crippled the country’s economy.
Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum and a panel of experts consider how Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s new president, will change his country, the Middle East, and relations with the west.
With few foreign journalists now based in Iran, the lack of information coming out has helped the western powers to demonise the government and the country itself.
With controversial Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad forced to step down after eight years of power, will his successor take Iran in a new direction, or can the country expect more of the same?
Gholam-Ali HaddadAdel, a relative of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, drops out of the presidential race and asks his followers to vote for his hardline conservative colleagues.
President Obama raises the stakes in the battle to thwart Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, telling the United Nations that time for diplomatic efforts to resolve the situation is not “unlimited”.
At least 17 people are killed and dozens injured when protests by tens of thousands of Pakistanis, infuriated by an anti-Islam film, descend into deadly violence.
In what he says are his “last days or weeks” left alive, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, says his role in the attack has been greatly exaggerated.
Jon Snow on the unexpected outmanoeuvring of Saudi Arabia by Iran at the oil producers’ forum OPEC.
Syrian secret police have arrested President Bashar al-Assad’s main political opponent, Riad Seif, at a demonstration in Damascus, as protests continue, as Jonathan Miller reports.
Protests erupt across Syria in support of those killed in Deraa, with reports of up to 100 dead as security forces fire on protesters. The situation is “explosive”, an expert tells Channel 4 News.
Around 20,000 people have lined the streets of Deraa for the funerals of protesters killed in clashes with security forces. A Syrian journalist tells Channel 4 News the situation “is out of control”.