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Iran shoots down US drone as tensions escalate
The US military has condemned what it described as an “unprovoked attack” in international air space, after Iran shot down a US drone.
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Home Office trying to deport elderly Iranian couple
The Home Office is trying to deport an elderly Iranian couple whose immediate family all have British citizenship and live near them in Edinburgh. Mozaffar Saberi, who’s 83, and his wife Rezvan Habibimarand, who’s 73, fear they’ll never see their family again if they’re forced to return to Iran.
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Iran’s women truckers
Women in Iran can be arrested for dancing or riding a bike – but there is some evidence that public life is starting to change as many wage a quiet battle for equality in the clothes they wear and the jobs they do. One of them is Bita Bagheri, a working mother who has forged…
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British woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe granted temporary release from Iran prison to see family
It felt like this really could be the beginning of the end, Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe told her family today – as she was allowed out of prison in Tehran for three days. The British Iranian charity worker, who was sentenced to five years on spying charges she vehemently denies, has been reunited with her daughter…
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Trump clashes with EU over Iran sanctions
If the EU and the British Government want to keep trade flowing to protect the Iran nuclear deal, it doesn’t seem to be succeeding.
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Roman Abramovich granted Israeli citizenship
The Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, who owns Chelsea FC, has been granted Israeli citizenship and has bought a home in Tel Aviv, after delays in getting his British visa renewed. Downing Street said he would be free to visit the UK, but would not be allowed to work here if he travels on his Israeli…
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Tehran professor, Hamed Mousavi: ‘Iran cannot show restraint forever’
Hamed Mousavi is Professor of Political Science at the University of Tehran.
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Is Iran really ‘the world’s leading state sponsor of terror’?
President Trump has claimed that Iran is the world’s “leading state sponsor of terror”. But is that fair? Before he became president, Trump said the “world’s biggest funder of terrorism” was Saudi Arabia – not Iran. So is his latest claim is just political rhetoric?
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Former US Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul: pulling out of Iran nuclear deal ‘a tragic mistake’
Michael McFaul served as the US Ambassador to Russia under President Obama and is the author of From Cold War to Hot Peace.
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US pollster Chris Wilson: Iran deal ‘Band-Aid that enriched Iran and Hezbollah’
Chris Wilson is a conservative pollster and strategist who was the director of research and analytics for Senator Ted Cruz’s Presidential campaign.
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What is the Iran deal – and why is Trump opposed to it?
It was all about centrifuges, industrial spinning tubes designed to enrich uranium and crucial to making a nuclear bomb. Five years ago, Iran was set to spin thousands of them, but the deal brokered in 2015 stopped almost all of them and Iran’s nuclear programme was frozen. But Donald Trump has never liked it, once…
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Reaction to Trump nuclear deal announcement
Iran and other countries respond to President Trump’s announcement on the nuclear deal.
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Condoleezza Rice: ‘I don’t think it’s a tragedy if President Trump decides to withdraw from Iran deal’
Former US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, has just written a new book with fellow Stanford political scientist. It’s called Political Risk and explores a world in which dangers to western democracies come not just from Iran or Russia, but also from non-state actors online.
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Britain urges US to stick with Iran nuclear deal
Britain has urged the United States not to abandon the nuclear deal with Iran, after Israel released documents claiming Tehran had lied “big time” about its nuclear weapons programme. Boris Johnson said the deal was still vitally important to keep Iran’s activities in check. But Donald Trump has signalled he could walk away from the…
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Husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, jailed in Iran: ‘She is fragile’
Two years ago today, dual-national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested by the authorities in Iran. Nazanin was then jailed for five-years accused of spying and trying to overthrow the Iranian regime – something she has always denied. Despite a high profile campaign and appeals to the Foreign Secretary for help, there’s no sign of any movement…