Iran

In this week’s episode, we speak to the head of middle eastern studies at the Royal United Services Institute, Dr Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi. She discusses whether the regime is weak right now and how worrying it is that as Iran becomes more ostracised from the west, it draws closer to Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

Iran has said it has carried out the first execution of a protester for being involved in the anti-regime demonstrations that first erupted in September. 23-year-old Mohsen Shekari was found guilty of “enmity against God”. He was accused of taking part in a riot and using a machete to wound a member of the paramilitary…

After more than two months of unrest that’s seen hundreds of people killed by security forces, Iran’s government has made – what on the face of it – appears to be a concession to anti-government protesters, by disbanding the country’s morality police. 

We’re joined by Iranian lawyer and human rights activist, Shadi Sadr.

Ten weeks into a wave of protests that have swept the nation, Iran’s government today put a number on those killed in the unrest for the first time – 200. 

Artist and director Marjane Satrapi grew up in Tehran amid the Iranian Revolution of 1979. 

At least four people have been killed and more than 60 others injured after a fire at Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, according to Iran’s state news agency.

It was the death of a young woman being detained by the morality police which sparked the unrest currently gripping Iran.

In Iran, protests that have gripped the country over the last three weeks show no sign of abating, sparked by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.

The British foreign office has summoned Iran’s diplomatic representative in the UK over the increasingly violent suppression of protests in Iran.

We are joined by Tara Sepehri Far, who researches human rights abuses in Iran at Human Rights Watch.

The United Nations has called on Iran to allow peaceful demonstrations to take place – amid a crackdown against protests over the death of a young woman who was detained for breaking the law on wearing a hijab.  

We spoke to Roxanne Tahbaz, who appeared alongside Nazanin at today’s press conference. 

After six long years in detention in Iran – Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe has spoken about her ordeal for the first time. 

We spoke to Anoosheh Ashoori’s daughter, Elika – and asked her how she’s feeling knowing her father is finally on his way home.