Search results for ‘Iran protests’
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Bahrain: forces ‘cleanse’ Pearl Roundabout protests
Three policeman and at least two protesters are reported to have been killed as Government troops clear demonstrators camped out at Manama’s Pearl Roundabout in Bahrain.
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Egypt: behind the online ‘hero’ who galvanised the protests
As Egyptians are moved by a tearful testimony of a Google executive arrested by state police, his online colleague tells Channel 4 News how the internet campaign began and why he fears for his safety.
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Iran human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh jailed
Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been jailed for 11 years. Campaigners in the UK tell Channel 4 News she should be freed immediately.
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Government wins student tuition fees vote as protests grow
As the Government wins a vote to treble university tuition fees, violence flares across Whitehall. Alex Thomson says that nine police officers and scores of protesters are hurt.
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Iran reporter’s Ofcom complaint over TV confession
Maziar Bahari, held and tortured in Iran after last June’s protests, tells Channel 4 News he has referred Iran’s Press TV to Ofcom after it sent a journalist to cover his interrogation.
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Iran: former militia member’s jail ordeal
A former member of the Iranian Basij militia tells Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum that he was jailed and mistreated for refusing to assault opposition protesters.
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Capturing the tension, fear and calm of Tehran's rooftop protests
Italian photographer Pietro Masturzo wins the World Press Photo of the Year 2009 for his powerfully atmospheric photograph of rooftop protests in Tehran.
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British woman among protesters on trial in Iran
Channel 4 News’s foreign correspondent Jonathan Miller investigates claims that an Iranian-British woman is facing charges for a capital offence in Iran.
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Iran: both democracy clock and nuclear clock ticking
There are two Iran clocks – a democracy clock and a nuclear clock. But which is ticking faster? Lindsey Hilsum blogs for Channel 4 News.
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Neda made Iran ‘determined’
The fiancĂ© of an Iranian woman killed during election protests tells Channel 4 News Neda was a “thinker” who was able to “affect the opinions of people worldwide”.
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Death of Neda: an ‘awakening’ in Iran
Student Neda Soltan became a martyr of Iran’s struggles when she was shot dead during election protests. Her fiancĂ© spoke to Channel 4 News about how she became a symbol of the opposition movement.
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Iran: Jon Snow interviews President Ahmadinejad
In a full and frank interview President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tells Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow that Iran is “solid and united” and defended his right to develop nuclear power.
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Interviewing a former Iranian Basij militia member
Lindsey Hilsum blogs about her interview with an Iranian militiaman of the infamous Basij.
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Iran militia man: ‘I hope God forgives me’
A defecting member of the infamous Basij militia, the men who wounded and killed in the aftermath of the Iran elections in the summer, talks to Lindsey Hilsum about what he witnessed.
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Hundreds of Iranian students protest
Iran’s universities are in ferment. This is the third day of anti-government protests. On Monday, National Students Day, students and others took to the streets and hundreds, maybe thousands, were arrested and beaten by the basiij militia.