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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

With Facebook, even spooks are just like us

06.07.09
What's the Persian for schadenfreude? I don't know, but I imagine that in between cursing infidels, oppressing his people and grooming his silly beard, Iran's supreme lunatic Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had a jolly good laugh at our expense this weekend... 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

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

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

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

'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

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

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

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

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

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

Brave words for a new peace with the Muslim world

05.06.09
With his speech in Cairo, the President has gone a long way towards repairing the damage of the Bush years... more

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