Art of Persia BBC Four★★★★☆Murder in the Car ParkChannel 4★★★☆☆You may remember Samira Ahmed’s emphatic victory against the BBC this year in an employment tribunal at which we learnt that the …
Afghans allege Iran police involved in attacks on refugees
An Afghan lawmaker accused Iranian authorities on Monday of involvement in recent attacks on Afghan refugees in Iran, incidents that have sparked protest rallies …
UN atomic watchdog head calls for more access in Iran
The head of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog agency says Iran must provide inspectors access to sites where the country is thought to have stored or used undeclared nuclear material …
IAEA chief asks Iran for ‘prompt access’ to blocked nuclear sites
UN’s nuclear agency suspects Iran is ‘sanitising’ two sites where it has stored or used undeclared nuclear material.
Coronavirus live news: India to reimpose lockdown on 15m people in Chennai as new cases surge
Covid-19 mutation increases chance of infection, says study; Beijing locks down 10 residential compounds amid new outbreak; Iran deaths top 100 for first time in two months …
Mike Pompeo: China is ‘a growing challenge to the US, Israel’
The Trump administration is with you,” Pompeo said. “Nowhere is our support clearer than with how we’ve addressed the world’s number one state sponsor of antisemitism, the Islamic Republic of Iran.” …
Iran reins in family planning as population ages
Annual population growth has dropped below 1% and, if no action is taken, Iran could become one of the world’s oldest countries in the next 30 years, the health ministry says. Just two years ago, the …
Iranian Influence in Iraq Is not a Threat to U.S. National Security
Even as both countries confront the coronavirus pandemic, the United States and Iran are competing for influence in Iraq–both seeking inroads with the newly formed government of Iraqi prime minister …
Iran judge who jailed 20 reporters in one day arrested
Iran An Iranian judge and former prosecutor notorious for jailing journalists and later accused of corruption by Tehran has been arrested in Romania.Gholamreza Mansouri is said to have handed himself …
Coronavirus Watch in Mideast: Iran’s COVID-19 cases surpass 187,000; Chinese medical team visits coronavirus testing facilities in West Bank
A man wearing a mask waits for a taxi on a street in Tonekabon city, northern Iran, on June 6, 2020. (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz) –Iran’s COVID-19 cases up to 187,427 with 8,837 deaths; –Chinese medical …