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Israel Targets Presumed new Hezbollah Leader in Beirut Strikes as Iran’s Leader Issues Warnings in Rare Speech
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the October 7 attack on Israel was the ‘minimum punishment’ it deserved for ‘astonishing crimes’
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‘Iran’s Hand in the Gazan War Risks Triggering A Wider Regional Conflict’
Tehran’s support for ‘wars of division’ in the Middle East is an attempt to divide the West, argues Brian Latham
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‘As Iran’s Islamic Regime Draws Up Tyrannical New Hijab Plans, Where is the International Outrage?’
If a new ‘Hijab and Chastity Bill’ succeeds with no condemnation from voices abroad, the international community will be culpable, writes Parisa Hashempour
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Government Condemns Iran’s Human Rights Abuses – While Threatening Iranian Refugees with Deportation to Rwanda
Sian Norris speaks to an Iranian refugee about the impact of the Rwanda scheme on people seeking asylum from the repressive regime
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Kyiv Diary: Blackout Under Loitering Munitions
Paul Niland anticipates a brutal winter ahead as Russia targets civilian infrastructure with weapons supplied by Iran
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‘People Know If they Give Up there Will Be Another Massacre’
More than 150 protestors are estimated to have been killed by state security forces in Iran following the death in morality police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Ahminiyline. Adrian Goldberg spoke to human rights activist Nasrin Parvaz, who fled to the UK from Iran in 1993, for the Byline Times Podcast
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‘I Could See the Last Seconds of My Life’: Iranians Speak of the Terror of Protest
Guy Taylor speaks to a former political activist from Iran and hears the shocking stories of people currently on the ground
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People Crossing Channel from Countries With High Rates of Explosive Violence
New analysis shows how, for the majority of people crossing the Channel into the UK, home has become a place of bombs and shells
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‘I Am Counting the Seconds’: The Iranian Dissident Set to be Deported to Rwanda
Frankie Vetch meets a man facing the harsh reality of Priti Patel’s renewed hostile environment
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‘Nazanin’s Story Shames This Country’: Boris Johnson’s Apathy Continues Towards Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Stephen Delahunty evaluates the Government’s current approach to Iran, the debt owed to the country, and the plight of the imprisoned Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
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After Six Years of War in Yemen, Saudi Arabia is Forced to Offer a ‘Peace’ Solution
Jonathan Fenton-Harvey looks at the latest cease-fire under pressure from the US as the war-torn country faces the dual threats of famine and COVID-19
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Joe Biden is Done with the Middle East
CJ Werleman explains why the new US President is pivoting his foreign policy toward the challenge of China
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‘Authoritarian But Stable’: The Role of Western Governments in Derailing the Arab Spring
The second part of Jonathan Fenton-Harvey’s assessment of the Arab Spring explores how the lives of people living in the region could still be improved with the help of a West committed to democratic reform
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The Assassination that Could Bring War to the Middle East and End the Iran Nuclear Deal
Steve Shaw reports on the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist, which could be part of Israel and Donald Trump’s last-ditch effort to bury Barack Obama’s nuclear deal
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Trump’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Deal Could Inflame an Arms Race
Steve Shaw reports on Trump’s hopes for a major arms deal in the Middle East that could spark a broader race for military superiority
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US Election 2020: How a Trump Defeat Could Reshape America’s Role in the World
The hallmark of the Trump administration’s foreign policy has been for America to always come first but, if the President fails to win re-election, the world could see a return of a global leader, says Steve Shaw
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Would Biden Turn Around Trump’s Destructive Middle East Legacy?
Donald Trump’s foreign policy has led to more instability in the Middle East but, as Jonathan Fenton-Harvey reports, the election of Joe Biden may not mean significant change
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Azerbaijan–Armenia Conflict: Braced for Escalation
Nikola Mikovic reports on the intensification of violence between Azerbaijan and Armenia, as foreign superpowers wait in the wings
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America Becomes a Propaganda Tool Abroad By Suppressing Dissent Domestically
Steve Shaw reports on how Donald Trump’s violent crackdown on Black Lives Matter protests are being used by repressive regimes abroad to prove the superpower’s hypocrisy
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Turkish Delight? Putin and Erdogan’s Complicated Relationship
After the Turkish and Russian Presidents met in Moscow to discuss the situation in Idlib, Stephen Komarnyckyj looks at the current relationship between the two countries.
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Will the Coronavirus Be the Death of Authoritarian Regimes?
While authoritarians try to build nationalist walls, infectious diseases don’t respect boundaries and need transnational solutions argues CJ Werleman.
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Could Trump have Started a Terrible New Era for Suicide Bombers?
Following the US President’s attack on Iran, the Shi’a suicide bomber – a human weapon that first emerged in the Middle-East in Iran – could resurface again
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What does Trump’s Escalation of Conflict with Iran Mean for the Region?
Jonathan Fenton-Harvey argues that Iran will avoid direct action against the US, but will now be unconstrained in proxy wars.
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Inside the BBC Disinformation Group: The Fake News Hunters
Stephen Colegrave meets the BBC Disinformation Group, dedicated to monitoring fake news and disinformation around the world.
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The Attraction of Iran: The Middle East’s Locked Up Treasure Trove
It’s not just a wealth of natural resources that makes Iran such a target, but the fact they’re nationalised explains Adi MacArtney
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Phony War: Iran Humiliates Trump by Calling His Bluff
CJ Werleman explains the logic behind attempts to escalate tensions in the Gulf: it’s all about bluster, and arms deals
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Iran Crisis: Sketchy Intelligence and Propaganda – We’ve Been Here Before
CJ Werleman sees a familiar pattern in the stoked-up tensions between the US and Iran, and once again the media is failing to check the march to war.
