The scene of three women standing on the roof of a house in Tehran under moonlight, cupping their hands to their mouths saw Pietro Masturzo crowned World Press Photo photographer of the year ... more
Hundreds of thousands of pro-government supporters take to the streets in Tehran as Iran tries to prevent protests on the 31st anniversary of the birth of the Islamic republic... more
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
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
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
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
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
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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