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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

Britain joins walkout after Ahmadinejad's 'anti-semitic' rant

24.09.09
British diplomats walked out during a speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over 'anti-Semitic' remarks at the UN General Assembly... 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

Iran president Ahmadinejad is sworn in for second term

05.08.09
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in for a second term as president of Iran after a disputed election caused mass demonstrations... more

We'll prevent Iran getting nuclear bomb vows Clinton

27.07.09
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued her strongest warning yet that Iran will never be allowed to develop nuclear weapons.... more

WORLD: David Miliband keeps pressure on Iran over Embassy workers

06.07.09
Iran faces mounting pressure to free British embassy workers after Foreign Secretary David Miliband expressed "cold anger" at their detention... 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

Clerics declare Iran election ‘fraud-free’

30.06.09
Iran's presidential vote has been declared valid and free of major fraud, paving the way for president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to be sworn in, despite claims of vote manipulation... more

Iran's sorry tale of two embassies

29.06.09
It was the sort of response that shows the other side holds all the cards. "Unacceptable," said the Foreign Secretary of the Iranian government's arrest over the weekend of up to nine locally hired Iranian staff working at the British embassy in Tehran... 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

Britain denies Iranian 'regime change' accusations

25.06.09
Foreign Secretary David Miliband insisted that Britain was not seeking "regime change" in Iran in the wake of the country's disputed presidential elections... more

Iran crushes protests and prepares to cut all ties with Britain

24.06.09
Iran could suspend all diplomatic relations with Britain as the Supreme Leader ruled out compromise... more

Britain expels Iran diplomats

23.06.09
Tensions between Britain and Iran escalated with a bout of tit-for-tat expulsions... more

Guards warn: We will crush Iran protests

22.06.09
Iranian protesters have been warned they face a “revolutionary confrontation” if they take to the streets again over the disputed presidential election... more

Barack Obama sits on the fence by refusing to back Mousavi

17.06.09
Barack Obama comes under attack for refusing to meddle in the row over Iran's disputed election... 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

Our place is with Iran’s democrats — not on the fence

17.06.09
Washington and London should speak up for those risking their lives for democracy in Tehran... more

Mousavi calls for protesters to mourn the deaths of the election 'martyrs'

17.06.09
Defeated presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi increased the tension in Iran by calling for further demonstrations tomorrow to mourn those killed in this week's bloody street battles... more

Iran's demonstrators need our support

16.06.09
As another huge rally spreads across the streets of Tehran, the US President, Barack Obama, has refused to say whether he believes last week's election was stolen by supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad... 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

Iran's Supreme Leader calls for calm amid election protests

15.06.09
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei makes extraordinary appeal to defuse tension and violence in the country after the disputed national election... more

Iran reformer claims 'dirty tricks'

12.06.09
Iranian presidential challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi accused the government of cutting off the text message network to stop his supporters spreading news about the election... more

Iranian election gives new hope to the West

11.06.09
Rising inflation, a sluggish economy and high unemployment have created disillusionment that has improved Mir Hossein Moussavi's chances of winning... 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

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

We too have felt grief of terror, Brown tells Israelis

21.07.08
Londoners share the grief of Israelis because of the 7 July bombings, Gordon Brown declared as he threatened new sanctions against Iran... more

Chelsea's Mr Chips has to say goodbye now the fun is over

03.03.08
A while ago, I described Avram Grant's default expression as that of a Mossad agent who has returned home early from an exhausting day's spying to catch his wife in bed with Mordechai Vanunu.... more

DVDs of the week

02.10.07
Bloodthirsty action in 300, an insight into the life of Notorious BIG and Dom Joly enjoys Happy Hour in the DVDs of the week.... more

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