All news on the topic: Iran

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Iranian drones strike Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura refinery forcing shutdown of key 550,000 bpd facility
Iran carried out a strike with "Shahed" drones on the ARAMCO plant in Ras Tanura.
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Iranian drone slams into Dubai apartment as British resident narrowly escapes amid widening regional conflict
A British person had a lucky escape after an Iranian drone crashed through their apartment in Dubai.
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Iran continues large-scale strikes on US bases and Israel despite leadership losses
Iran carried out a new wave of large-scale air strikes overnight and into the morning, targeting US military facilities and Israel, despite reports of significant losses among its military and religious leadership.
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei is dead after being ’found in rubble’, Israel claims
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reportedly been found dead in the rubble of his compound following US-Israel strikes in Tehran.
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Adviser to Ayatollah Khamenei, Ali Shamkhani, was killed as a result of U.S. and Israeli airstrikes, — media
Media report death of Khamenei’s adviser during airstrikes
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US-Israel strikes on Tehran reportedly target Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Iran launches retaliatory missile attacks across the region
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was reportedly the target of the US-Israel airstrikes on Tehran, which have sparked a retaliation from the regime.
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Missiles strike Bahrain hosting US Fifth Fleet as Iran retaliates against US-Israel attacks, raising fears of regional war
Missiles have struck targets in Bahrain, where the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet is headquartered, after joint US-Israel attacks in Iran.
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Fake CEO scandal explodes as U.K. crypto exchanges tied to Iranian regime used stock footage identity to move billions
A woman named Elizabeth Newman allegedly operates two U.K.-registered crypto exchanges.
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Iran arrests tens of thousands in brutal post-protest crackdown as rights groups warn of torture, executions and mass detentions
Iranian authorities have arrested tens of thousands of people in what Human Rights Watch described on Tuesday as a “brutal campaign” of mass, arbitrary, and violent detentions aimed at terrorizing the population since late December.
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Craig and Lindsay Foreman jailed for ten years in Tehran’s Evin prison
Craig Foreman speaks to ITV News Global Security Editor Rohit Kachroo from inside a notorious Iranian prison, as he and his wife say they have been given a ten-year sentence.
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From judo to sanctions evasion: IJF official’s business trails lead to Russia, Iran, and the UAE
As uncovered by media, an adviser to the head of the International Judo Federation (IJF), Marius Vizer, is connected to the trade in Russian oil and grain. Marius Vizer himself is a close friend of Vladimir Putin, who served as Honorary President of the IJF until February 28, 2022.
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Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei admits thousands were killed in protests and directly blames the United States and Israel
Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei has acknowledged for the first time that thousands of people were killed during recent anti-government protests, while blaming the United States and Israel for what he described as “inhuman and savage” violence.
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How Venezuela under Chavez and Maduro became Iran’s main global ally and a safe haven for Hezbollah
The combined 26 years of rule by Nicolás Maduro and his predecessor Hugo Chávez turned Venezuela into the Islamic Republic of Iran’s main ally outside the Middle East.
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“I felt like I was back in Iran”: former political prisoner says Met Police knocked her unconscious at London protest
A former political prisoner felt like she was "back in Iran" after Met Police officers "knocked her out with a shield" at a protest.
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Iran signals swift trials and executions of protesters as Trump warns the US will intervene
Judiciary chief threatens swift punishment after Trump says US will intervene if Iran begins executing demonstrators
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Sanctioned Iranian tycoon accused of funding the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps owns a £33.7 million mansion in London
A sanctioned Iranian tycoon accused by the U.K. government of funding Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) owns a 33.7 million pounds mansion—worth about $52.8 million at the 2014 exchange rate, when he bought it—on an exclusive London street, OCCRP has found.
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Swedish Foxtrot gang uses 13-year-old boys to launch grenade attack in Oslo
It is just after nightfall in Bislett, a quiet student neighborhood in central Oslo, when two children armed with hand grenades step off a bus and approach their target.
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Iran imports sodium perchlorate from China amid UN sanctions
Iran appears to be stepping up the rebuilding of its ballistic missile program, despite the reintroduction last month of United Nations sanctions that ban arms sales to the country and ballistic missile activity.
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Iran officially ends 2015 nuclear deal with west
An international agreement with Iran intended to keep the world safe from the spread of nuclear weapons has officially ended, as Tehran has announced the termination of the decade-old deal.
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MI5 warns UK MPs they are being targeted by spies from China, Russia and Iran
The domestic spy agency of Britain, MI5, issued a rare public warning to members of parliament on Monday that they are being targeted by spies from China, Russia, and Iran in an attempt to undermine the country’s democracy.
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UK court orders seizure of Iran’s £100 million London property over Crescent Petroleum dispute
In one of the most controversial legal battles in Iran’s modern history, the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has lost its appeal to retain ownership of its luxury London property.
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Iranian-born bishop among frontrunners to become next Archbishop of Canterbury
A woman who fled Iran for Britain at the age of 13 is among at least two female bishops shortlisted to become the next Archbishop of Canterbury.
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UN sanctions reimposed on Iran amid nuclear escalation
Sweeping UN economic and military sanctions have been reimposed on Iran - 10 years after they were lifted in a landmark international deal over its nuclear programme.
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Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defence pact
Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan have entered into a mutual defence agreement that considers an attack on either country as an attack on both — a crucial agreement following Israel’s strike on Qatar last week.
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Dozens of Mossad agents — including women undercover in Tehran — aided strikes and tracked Iran’s enriched uranium
The Mossad is ready to act if Tehran appears to be making moves to use its uranium towards developing a nuclear weapon.