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Saudi strikes at rebels in Yemen

06.11.09

Saudi Arabia carried out air strikes against Shia rebel "infiltrators" in Yemen... more

Miliband's fury at sentence on Iranian working at UK embassy

29.10.09

Latest: Tensions between Britain and Iran rose sharply after a senior employee at the British embassy in Tehran was given a four-year sentence for allegedly fomenting violence... more

Iran flaunts its strength with new missile test

28.09.09

Iran today test-fired a long-range missile capable of reaching Israel, it was reported... more

Russia backs sanctions against Iran

24.09.09

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Brown demands sanctions to stop Iran�s arms race

24.09.09

Gordon Brown issues sternest warning yet to Iran, calling for 'tough and immediate sanctions for those who break the rules' on weapons proliferation... more

Iran defiant on nuclear project

07.09.09

Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tehran would neither halt uranium enrichment nor negotiate over its nuclear rights... more

WORLD: Iran 'poised and able to build nuclear bomb within months'

03.08.09

Iran is ready to build a nuclear warhead and is merely waiting word from its Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah, to manufacture its first bomb... more

Israeli warships send message to Iran

16.07.09

Two Israeli warships sail through the Suez Canal in a move that appeared to be a new signal to Iran that Israel could swiftly extend its reach to its nuclear neighbour... more

Britain wins backing from G8 over detained embassy employee

09.07.09

Britain has won strong support from G8 nations in its row with Iran over a detained embassy employee... more

British embassy staff will be tried, claims Iran cleric

03.07.09

Downing Street said it was "concerned" at reports that British Embassy staff in Tehran will face trial... more

Keep up fight, opposition leader tells Iran protesters

25.06.09

Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi vowed to continue fighting against "major rigging" in the presidential election despite being pressured to drop his challenge... more

Tit-for-tat actions strain diplomatic relations with Iran

24.06.09

Diplomatic relations with Iran remain under severe strain after two British diplomats were ordered to leave the country - prompting retaliatory expulsions by the UK... more

Oxford student seized in Iran

23.06.09

Fears have been raised for an Oxford University student who was seized by Iranian security forces six days ago... more

Britain expels Iran diplomats

23.06.09

Tensions between Britain and Iran escalated with a bout of tit-for-tat expulsions... more

Phone firms under attack for supplying �spy� technology

22.06.09

Mobile phone firm Nokia and IT company Siemens came under fire today as it emerged they supplied Iran with the technology it is using to block phone and internet access... more

WORLD: Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attacks �evil� Britain

19.06.09

Iran's Supreme leader launches astonishing attack on Britain � calling the Government the 'most treacherous' in the world... more

Sporting Miscellanies

19.06.09

Football: How much of an influence did events in Iran have on the country's football team?... more

It may not achieve much � but Twitter is an act of faith

18.06.09

Its effectiveness in Iran is overrated but it is the belief in change that matters, and which is being spread online... more

'Hundreds of Iran dissidents held'

18.06.09

Hundreds of prominent activists and politicians have been arrested in Iran for taking part in anti-government protests, it was claimed... more

Shock Twitter pictures of bloody crackdown on Iran election protests

17.06.09

Students at the centre of the Iran election protests are defying the Ayatollah's media blackout by sending Twitter alerts to the Evening Standard... more

Flowering rebellion could fade away as fast as it blossomed

16.06.09

Iran is on the brink, but it is going to fall the wrong way... more

VIDEO: How Iran's internet protesters slipped past censors

16.06.09

Protesters in Iran are in a minute-by-minute electronic battle with authorities to keep spreading their message across the internet... more

Future of Iran in balance as moderate puts real pressure on president

11.06.09

Iran is set for one of its most closely fought elections as president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faces a serious challenge from a moderate rival, Mir Hossein Mousavi... more

�I�m so happy to see my parents� says American freed from prison in Iran

12.05.09

The American journalist freed from prison in Iran said she was very happy to be reunited with her parents and thanked those who helped win her release... more

Obama is set to meet Iran�s president for nuclear talks

09.04.09

The prospect of US talks with Iran edged closer as the Obama administration agreed to join other nations for negotiations over Iran�s nuclear programme... more

US uses video to hand Iran olive branch

20.03.09

Barack Obama made an unprecedented video appeal to Iran, offering a "new beginning" of diplomatic engagement with one of America's long-term enemies... more

Brown: world must make deal to scrap nuclear warheads

17.03.09

Britain could scrap some of its nuclear warheads as part of a wider deal on disarmament, Gordon Brown said... more

US admiral warns Iran has nuclear fuel to make bomb

02.03.09

Iran has stockpiled enough nuclear fuel to make a bomb, America's most senior military chief has warned... more

Iran in US jet mix-up

07.10.08

A major diplomatic incident was averted today after claims that a US warplane had been ordered to land for unintentionally violating iran's airspace proved to be false... more