Category: Iran

London-Based TV Station Critical of Iranian Regime Moves to US After Threats

A UK-based Persian-language TV station has said it is moving its London studios to the United States, as a result of the growing threat from the Iranian regime and security advice from British police. The channel said in a statement on Feb. 18: “After a significant escalation in state-backed threats from Iran and advice from…


Fake Psychiatrist Who Worked in UK Health Service for 20 Years Convicted

A woman who presented herself as a doctor duped Britain’s NHS out of an estimated £1.3 million after faking her qualifications will spend a “substantial” amount of time behind bars. For 20 years, Iranian-born Zholia Alemi worked across various UK health trusts using a forged medical degree that put her in close contact with “hundreds”…


US Forces Shoot Down Iranian-Made Spy Drone Surveying Patrol Base in Syria

The U.S. military on Wednesday announced that it downed an Iranian-manufactured drone that was reportedly surveying a patrol base in Syria that houses American troops. In a statement on Feb. 15, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was shot down on Feb. 14 at approximately 2:30 p.m. local time as…


Australia to Name and Shame Foreign Interference Actors as Iranian Interference Plot Foiled

Australia will now name and shame countries that perpetrate acts of foreign interference, the Minister for Home Affairs, Clare O’Neil, has said after Australian spy agencies foiled an Iranian foreign interference plot. Australia’s domestic intelligence agency ASIO identified foreign interference as one of the biggest threats the country currently faces. “It’s time to bring foreign interference…


Iranian President Raisi to Visit China to Shore Up Ties

BEIJING—Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will meet with his counterpart Xi Jinping during his three-day trip in China starting Tuesday, as the two U.S. rivals seek further cooperation. China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the announcement Sunday, saying Raisi’s visit was at Xi’s invitation. Raisi will meet with Xi and their delegations will sign cooperation…


British-Iranians Speak of ‘Climate of Fear’ From Regime’s UK Outposts

Under constant fear—that’s how some Iranians describe life living in Britain today. That fear, they say, does not come from the country they now live in, but from the harsh Middle Eastern regime they were born into. Despite being about 4,000 kilometres away, Iran’s repressive establishment has sinister tentacles that reach as far as the…


Protester in Hospital After Iran Embassy Police Tackle

Distressing footage of a protester being slammed into the ground by a police officer outside the Iranian embassy has sparked an internal probe. A video posted on social media shows Hamid Sotounzadeh being tackled to the ground and restrained by police in Canberra. The first-person video shows a police officer and Sotounzadeh yelling at each other…


Foreign Office Dealing With State-Level Hostages Needs to Beware of ‘Playground Bully,’ UK MPs Told

An experienced hostage negotiator has told a committee of MPs “state-level hostage situations” such as the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe often revolve around the importance of the Foreign Office recognising they are dealing with a “playground bully.” Last month Iran executed Alireza Akbari, a former deputy defence minister in Iran who was also a British…


US ‘Monitoring’ Iran’s Military Presence, Activities in Western Hemisphere

The State Department is monitoring an alleged attempt by Iran to establish a military presence in the Western Hemisphere, an agency spokesperson has confirmed. The monitoring comes shortly after Iran’s navy commander, Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, announced in January that Tehran plans to extend its area of operation to the Panama Canal that divides South and North…


4 JCPOA Signatories Say Iran Inconsistent in Meeting Nuclear Obligations, Citing IAEA Report

A U.N. watchdog report shows Iran’s Islamic regime is being inconsistent in meeting its nuclear obligations, JCPOA signatories the United States, Britain, France, and Germany said in a joint statement on Feb. 3. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) criticized Tehran on Feb. 1 for making an undeclared change to the interconnection between the two…