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Middle East conflict: Inside Iran ahead of crucial elections
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.
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A US attack on Iran ‘would bring down the global economy’, says a Tehran academic
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.
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‘I don’t think there is a great likelihood of all out war’, says Middle East Security Expert
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.
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Middle East: Pakistan kills nine people in retaliatory missiles strikes on Iran
In a further heightening of tensions in the region, Pakistan conducted military strikes on Iranian territory overnight.
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More girls admitted to hospitals across Iran amid poisoning claims
More girls are said to have been admitted to hospitals across Iran, suffering from the effects of poisoning.
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Schoolgirls in Iran hospitalised after suspected poison gas attacks
Dozens more schoolgirls in Iran have been taken to hospital after suspected poison gas attacks.
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Zahedan: Inside the weekly protest defying Iran’s clerical regime
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.
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Will the Iran protests lead to regime change?
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.
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Iran executes first protester involved in anti-government demonstrations
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…
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Iran to disband morality police, says attorney general
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.
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‘Enough is enough’ for many Iranians, says human rights lawyer amid continued protests
We’re joined by Iranian lawyer and human rights activist, Shadi Sadr.
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Iran protests: Government says over 200 killed in unrest
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.
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‘This is the revolution of democracy against dictatorship’ – Iranian director Marjane Satrapi
Artist and director Marjane Satrapi grew up in Tehran amid the Iranian Revolution of 1979.
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Iran: At least four dead in Evin prison fire
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.
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Iran authorities accused of covering up protesters deaths
It was the death of a young woman being detained by the morality police which sparked the unrest currently gripping Iran.