Jon Snow
Does 'new politics' bring new thinking on Iran?
Amid the thrill of the “new politics”, is there the slightest possibility of any UK “new thinking” about Iran? asks Jon Snow.
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Sanctions take their toll on Iran’s health
Most medicine is free from ever-present sanctions in Iran but there’s evidence that people are finding it increasingly difficult to obtain life-saving drugs. Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson reports.
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Spy who thwarted airline bomb plot ‘was British’
A double agent allegedly recruited by MI5 and MI6 was a British passport holder, according to American media reports.
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Violence surges as US troops prepare to leave Iraq
Defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones looks at the uncertain future facing Iraq and the wider region as US troops prepare to withdraw from the country at the end of this month.
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Anti-UK protesters storm UK embassy in Tehran
The UK asks Iran to act “with utmost urgency” to protect the British embassy as a Middle East analyst tells Channel 4 News the protesters could be “rent-a-mob”.
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Syria forces ‘raping and torturing young girls’
A fleeing refugee tells Channel 4 News of “total genocide” and sexual violence allegedly committed by Syrian soldiers in and around the besieged city of Jisr al-Shughour.
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Iran ‘dismantles CIA spy ring’
Iran’s spy chiefs say they have foiled an American plot to recruit agents in the Islamic Republic.
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Iranian warships sail through Suez canal
Only weeks after Egypt fell to revolution, Iran sends ‘training’ ships through the Suez canal to the Mediterranean after reaching agreement with the new Egyptian regime.
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Iranian warships sail through Suez canal
Only weeks after Egypt fell to revolution, Iran sends ‘training’ ships through the Suez canal to the Mediterranean after reaching agreement with the new Egyptian regime.
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Bahrain: it may be small, but it matters
Why does Bahrain matter? Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum explains why the future of the small state could have big implications for the Middle East and the world.
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Egypt in virtual communications blackout
Egypt currently has no internet access after the last major server still up-and-running went down on Monday night, but some mobile phones are still working, Channel 4 News understands.
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Row over stoning of Iranian woman
The story of a woman sentenced to death by stoning in Iran has sparked international outrage. Channel 4 News speaks to campaigners and explains the laws surrounding a “medieval punishment”.
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Stoning: victims, survivors and the condemned
International pressure has saved one woman in Iran from being stoned to death but at least 10 people are still facing the cruel punishment, Channel 4 News discovers.
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Iran protests: one year on, the streets are almost deserted
One year on from the Iranian election protests, the streets of Tehran are quiet apart from the basij, but that doesn’t mean nothing has changed.
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Maziar Bahari threatened
Lindsey Hilsum blogs on the new threats to the Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari