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Iranian singer given three years in jail for song about Mahsa Amini protests
Shervin Hajipour sentenced for ‘inciting and provoking people to riot to disturb national security’An Iranian pop...
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Iranians expected to shun first election since death of Mahsa Amini
Turnout of 38.5% or less predicted despite moves to make voting easier and allow more candidatesA...
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Mahsa Amini’s uncle sentenced to five years in jail over Iran protests, rights groups say
Safa Aeli was charged with taking part in protests that erupted following death of 22-year-old after...
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Houthis strike Iran-bound grain ship in first Red Sea attack in six days
Militants fired missiles at Greek-owned ship, says US military, in strike that raises questions over who...
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Instagram and Facebook delete the accounts of Iran’s supreme leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei supported Hamas’s 7 October attack on Israel, which Meta said violated its policiesMeta...
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Family of Swede imprisoned in Iran fear death penalty verdict is imminent
EU diplomat Johan Floderus’s sister calls on Sweden to start speaking up loudly to demand his...
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Middle East crisis live: Blinken heads to Egypt in effort to seek ‘enduring end’ to Israel-Gaza war
US secretary of state to fly to Cairo after meeting Saudi crown prince as UN reports...
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US-backed Kurdish fighters killed in drone strike on US base in Syria
Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an Iranian-backed militia, claims attack after at least six fighters killedAt least...
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US pornography actor accused of posting propaganda for Iran
Whitney Wright, who is known for her criticism of Israel, posed at defunct American embassy in...
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Lloyds and Santander accused of providing accounts for Iranian front companies
Both banks deny helping Tehran-controlled oil firm PCC to move money in breach of sanctionsTwo of...
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Middle East crisis live: Houthis vow response after US and UK hit dozens of targets across Yemen in new wave of strikes
Iran-backed group says airstrikes ‘will not deter us’ after targets hit following continued Houthi attacks on...
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US and UK hit 30 Houthi targets to further weaken Iran-backed groups
Joint operation to further disable militias follows attacks on US and international interests amid war in...
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UK action against Houthis ‘not an escalation’, says Grant Shapps
Defence secretary says third joint UK-US assault on Iran-backed group is to protect lives and ‘preserve...
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US retaliatory airstrikes on targets in Iraq and Syria will not be the last
The carefully planned raids were the largest yet against Iran’s proxies and are likely to continue...
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US orders reprisal strikes against Iranian-backed militia
Strikes expected to take place in Syria and possibly Iraq, after three US soldiers were killed...
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Middle East crisis live: US targets Houthi drone base with further strikes inside Yemen
The US military says it also hit up to 10 unmanned drones that were preparing to...
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Iran not seeking war with US but ‘not afraid of it’, says military chief
Head of Islamic Revolutionary Guards defiant as US prepares ‘very consequential response’ to drone attack on...
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Middle East crisis live: Hamas reportedly studying new ceasefire proposal; Iran warns of decisive response to any attack
Proposed truce is the most serious peace initiative to be tabled for months; Iran reacts after...
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Iran on high alert as Biden mulls response to killing of US servicemen
Tehran warns Washington but regime unsure of degree of support for interventionist foreign policyIran has told...
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Biden says he has decided how US will respond to Jordan drone attack
Iran-backed militia Washington blamed for attack announces it has suspended anti-US operationsJoe Biden has said he...
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Pentagon mulls response to Jordan drone strike amid fears for Gaza ceasefire efforts
Lloyd Austin says president ‘will not tolerate attacks on US forces’, but Qatar warns that reprisal...
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Jordan drone strike: who are Islamic Resistance in Iraq and what is Tower 22?
The group that claimed responsibility for deadly attack on US military base in north-east JordanMiddle East...
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Biden vows response at time ‘of our choosing’ after three US troops killed in Jordan drone attack
Iranian backed militia took credit for attack that injured 34 troops and killed first US soldiers...
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Iran bars Hassan Rouhani from seeking re-election to key body
Former president’s exclusion from group likely to choose next supreme leader angers reformistsThe Iranian regime has...