Iran

Channel 4 News takes a closer look at the hurdles between Israel and an attack on Iran.

The mounting tension over Iran’s nuclear ambitions could escalate into “a new Cold War”, William Hague has warned.

Thailand’s politicians are struggling to explain to its public why it unwittingly played host to a botched bombing, writes Jon Sparks.

As President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad loads nuclear fuel rods into the Tehran Research Reactor, experts say Iran does have the technology to make a nuclear weapon, but lacks the political will – for now.

A defector from the Syrian MOD tells Channel 4 News that the country’s spending on defence has surged since the uprising – and alleges that the answer could be turning to Iran for financial help.

Chjannel 4 News International Editor Lindlsey Hilsum blogs on Youtube footage that appears to prove that Iran is sending Revolutionary Guards to fight in Syria.

It’s all brinkmanship, and goes to prove how the volatile politics of the Middle East affects all of our lives, writes Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum.

Amid continued sabre-rattling from Tehran and the west over an EU oil embargo and the free movement of oil ships through the Straits of Hormuz, Channel 4 News looks at the increasing tension.

An Iranian nuclear scientist has been killed by a bomb placed on his car by a motorcyclist in Tehran, the fourth such attack on nuclear experts in the country in two years. Lindsey Hilsum reports.

Defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones assesses where conflicts are most likely to erupt over the next 12 months.

Tehran says it has successfully test-fired two long-range missiles during military exercises in the Gulf, amid rising tensions between the west and Iran over its nuclear programme.

As MIT warns the power grid of the United States needs a cyber shield, Technology Producer Geoff White looks at the threat posed by the most serious cyber infrastructure attack ever: Stuxnet.

As Iranian diplomats leave the UK on the orders of William Hague, Channel 4 News hears that the move is a blow to “ordinary” Iranians.

Foreign Secretary William Hague could call for the European Union to ban imports of Iranian oil in resopnse to the attack on the British embassy in Tehran.

International editor Lindsey Hilsum on the historic past of the Tehran ambassador’s residence that came under attack yesterday.