Iran

Congratulating the RAF personnel who were involved in the US-led mission to help Israel down the barrage of missiles fired from Iran, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told MPs earlier that the UK’s aim was to prevent further destabilisation in the Middle East. And he also urged an end to the conflict in Gaza, calling on…

How did Israel manage to fend off Iran’s unprecedented attack so comprehensively?

We spoke to Ehud Olmert, the former prime minister of Israel.

Israel’s war cabinet has been meeting again today as it debates how to respond to Iran’s unprecedented missile barrage on Saturday night. Will the government here heed President Biden’s advice to ‘take the win’ following the successful downing of the majority of the 300 missiles that Iran fired towards it Speaking this evening to soldiers…

Here in Iran, they’ve just extended voting in their parliamentary elections til midnight. The regime kept the polls open in the hope more people would show. 

We were joined by Sadegh Zibakalam, an outspoken academic and author here in Iran, who has been imprisoned in the past for speaking out against the Iranian regime.

In Iran, the regime’s popularity will be put to the test tomorrow in the first election since the mass protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody. It’s been imploring people to come out and make their voices heard by voting – amid concerns of a record low turnout. But the mass…

Iran is thought to support Hamas financially to the tune of 100 million dollars a year. But most of the one billion dollar war chest the group is thought to have accumulated, comes from investments. From tower blocks in Turkey to copper mines in Sudan, Hamas’ financial network spreads far and wide, carefully constructed to…

In two day’s time Iranians will vote to renew their parliament in a key test for the country’s regime, the test being how many people will show up to the polls and not necessarily who will win.

We spoke to Seyed Mohammed Marandi, who’s a professor at the University of Tehran and began by asking what he thinks could happen if the United States took military action against Iran.

We spoke to Dr H.A. Hellyer, a senior associate fellow in international security studies at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies who is in Jordan.

In a further heightening of tensions in the region, Pakistan conducted military strikes on Iranian territory overnight.

More girls are said to have been admitted to hospitals across Iran, suffering from the effects of poisoning.

Dozens more schoolgirls in Iran have been taken to hospital after suspected poison gas attacks.

In Iran, thousands have been arrested and hundreds killed in the regime’s crackdown on nationwide protests triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody last year. And yet the demonstrations continue. In the city of Zahedan, the capital of Sistan and Baluchestan province, rallies are held every Friday, without fail.