Iran

A technician works at the uranium conversion facility just outside the city of Isfahan, Iran (Vahid Salemi/AP)

Iran urges nuclear watchdog not to publish ‘unnecessary’ details on programme

January 17, 2021

Iran insists it does not want to develop a nuclear bomb (Vahid Salemi/AP)

UN watchdog confirms further Iranian breach of nuclear deal

January 14, 2021

A helicopter landing on the Makran logistics vessel during a navy drill (Iranian navy/AP)

Iran flexes military muscles amid tensions with US

January 13, 2021

The video mapping is projected on Tehran’s Azadi (freedom) tower to commemorate 176 victims of the Ukrainian flight during a municipal memorial marking the first anniversary (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

UK and four other countries demand justice from Iran over downed plane

January 8, 2021

Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

European nations urge Iran to reverse nuclear enrichment move

January 6, 2021

A seized South Korean-flagged tanker is escorted by Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats on the Persian Gulf (Tasnim news agency/AP)

Iran seizes oil tanker and enriches uranium amid mounting US tensions

January 4, 2021

A satellite image of the site of Iran’s underground Fordo nuclear site (Maxar Technologies/AP)

Iran tells inspectors it plans up to 20% enrichment at Fordo

January 2, 2021

Elaheh Rahimi embroiders at a workshop of Bavar charity in Tehran, Iran (Vahid Salemi/AP)

Iranian women’s group hopes to empower others by making face masks

December 29, 2020

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been detained in Iran since 2016 (Family/PA)

Britain ‘beginning to look weak by failing to protect Nazanin’ – Jeremy Hunt

December 29, 2020

The mountains are a popular location for hiking and climbing (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

Search for survivors ends after deadly avalanches in Iran

December 27, 2020

Bags containing bodies of mountaineers who died in the avalanches (Iran’s Red Crescent Society via AP)

Avalanches kill 10 in mountainous area near Iran’s capital

December 27, 2020

Gabriella Zaghari-Ratcliffe has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, asking him to bring her mother, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, home from Iran for Christmas (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

Nazanin’s daughter wants ‘mummy home for Christmas’

December 21, 2020

Construction at Iran’s Fordo nuclear facility (Maxar Technologies/AP)

Iran builds underground nuclear facility amid US tensions

December 18, 2020

President Hassan Rouhani speaks during his press conference in Tehran, Iran (AP)

Iran’s president blames Israel for killing of nuclear scientist

December 14, 2020

The 90-mile line runs from eastern Iran into western Afghanistan (Mohammad Ramezani, ISNA via AP)

Iran and Afghanistan open first rail link to boost trade

December 10, 2020

President Hassan Rouhani has said US sanctions are making it difficult for Iran to purchase medicine and health supplies from abroad, including Covid-19 vaccines needed to contain the worst outbreak in the Middle East (Iranian Presidency Office/AP)

Iran says US sanctions hindering access to Covid vaccines

December 9, 2020

Miss Jean Waddell steps from the plane at Heathrow Airport after the release from captivity in Iran of the three Anglicans. Behind her is Mrs Audrey Coleman, with Dr John Coleman, her husband, Dr Runcie, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Terry Waite.

The former Arbroath church organist who was rescued by Terry Waite after being shot and held hostage in Iran

May 31, 2020

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A medic treats a patient infected with coronavirus, at a hospital in Tehran (AP)

Iran announces 77 deaths amid coronavirus outbreak

March 3, 2020

Advocacy group NetBlocks described the disruption to accessing Farsi Wikipedia as being nationwide (AP/Vahid Salemi)

Net group says Wikipedia disrupted in Iran amid coronavirus

March 3, 2020

V&A director Tristram Hunt has praised Iran’s “incredible” history of art and design (Yui Mok/PA)

Victoria and Albert Museum director defends Iran exhibition amid Gulf crisis

January 7, 2020