Iran

Foreign Secretary William Hague gives Iranian embassy staff 48 hours to leave the UK and announces the closure of Iran’s embassy in London, as France and Germany withdraw their ambassadors.

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”.

After publication of a critical UN report about nuclear weapons production in Iran, Chancellor George Osborne orders all British credit and financial institutions to stop trading with Iranian banks.

MI6 in particular has suffered some hard reputational knocks and doesn’t like it. Mr Hague is trying to shape the debate about it in the media, by giving those who write and comment on it a better idea of how it works, as Jonathan Rugman reports.

The US and Saudi Arabia are to take Iran to the UN Security Council for its alleged role in a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador, as Washington Correspondent Matt Frei reports.

As the US blames Iran for plotting to kill the Saudi Arabia ambassador for Washington, a Chatham House expert casts doubt over the allegations.

Two American men convicted of spying in Iran have arrived in Oman after they were freed from jail. Their release came as President Ahmadinejad arrived in New York for United Nations talks.

An American woman who spent 14 months in an Iranian prison accused of spying has spoken to Channel 4 News about the plight of two men who are still being held in Tehran.

Iran’s spy chiefs say they have foiled an American plot to recruit agents in the Islamic Republic.

Twelve days ago, Bahrain’s protesters said they would ask for help from Iran if Saudi soldiers entered the country. Will Tehran intervene? Not likely, an expert on Iran tells Channel 4 News.

Nato says it has seized weapons in Afghanistan supplied by Iran and intended for the Taliban. It follows a Channel 4 News film showing Iranian mines and explosives being smuggled over the border.

Protests are taking place in Iran following the arrest of opposition leaders. Chants of “death to the dictator” can be heard and clashes have been reported in Tehran.