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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 faces quiz on nuclear weapons questions

01.10.09
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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

Obama warns Iran over secret nuclear plant

25.09.09
Nuclear tensions soar as Barack Obama condemns Iran over a suspected secret uranium enrichment plant hidden in the mountains... more

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: Iranian plane crashes just after take-off, killing 168

15.07.09
A Caspian Airlines passenger plane crashed 16 minutes after taking off in Iran, killing all 168 people on board... 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

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

WORLD: Iran releases five embassy staff after Miliband protests

29.06.09
Iran has released five of the nine British embassy staff arrested in Tehran but diplomatic relations still show no signs of improving... 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

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

Neda, symbol of Iran's struggle

23.06.09
A student shot by the Iranian security forces during street protests has become a martyr after video footage of her death was posted on the internet... 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

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

Iranians are letting out 30 years of anger

18.06.09
What we are seeing is a venting of frustration at 30 years of brutal dictatorship ... 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

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

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 protesters in London fear for relatives

16.06.09
About 150 protesters gathered outside the Iranian Embassy in London for the second day of demonstrations... 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

Timeline: Iran's decent into bloodshed

16.06.09
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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

Why Lola LaBelle is naughty but nice

08.04.09
Coco Framboise performed with a giant telephone, Scarlett Diamond twirled an ostrich feather parasol... more

British Council staff in Iran forced to quit by president

05.02.09
The British Council has suspended its operations in Iran after a campaign of intimidation of staff by the authorities, its chief executive said... more

Israel rejects calls for ceasefire as 'unrealistic'

31.12.08
Israel has rejected calls for a Gaza ceasefire hours after Iranian protesters stormed the British embassy in Tehran... more

Coming of age in Iran

01.11.07
Animated film Persepolis is a coming-of-age story about growing up before and after the Iranian Revolution.... more

Lush exhibition

24.10.07
Although Shirana Shahbazi's subject matter remains the stuff of everyday life, there is a new lushness to her exhibition.... more

Chill world of Muslim marriage

14.12.06
It's Winter provides a minimalist view of a snowy, freezing industrial suburb of Teheran and its sparsely written story has an almost poetic momentum.... more

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