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The Metropolitan Police’s head negotiator who helped the SAS save the lives of 19 hostages during the Iranian Embassy siege of 1980 has died. Chief Superintendent Max Vernon was part of a six-man team charged with negotiating with six armed terrorists who besieged the diplomatic building in South Kensington, West London and took 26 people … Read more
Chief negotiator during 1980 Iranian Embassy siege dies: Tributes are paid to Met Police superintendent Max Vernon who was hailed a ‘true hero’ for helping SAS save lives of 19 hostages By Jack Wright For Mailonline Published: 14:47 GMT, 14 February 2021 | Updated: 14:51 GMT, 14 February 2021 The Metropolitan Police’s head negotiator who … Read more
A British-Australian academic who was held in solitary confinement in an Iranian prison for more than 800 days has split from her husband after allegedly discovering he had had an affair while she was behind bars. Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert, an Islamic studies scholar, was freed last November in a prisoner swap deal after spending 804 … Read more
An Iranian diplomat who plotted a thwarted bomb attack against a rally in Paris attended by British MPs and Rudy Giuliani was convicted and jailed for 20 years today. Assasollah Assadi masterminded the plot and supplied explosives to target the 25,000-strong rally held by an exiled Iranian opposition group in 2018, a Belgian court heard. … Read more
Indonesia seizes Iranian tanker ‘caught red-handed illegally transferring oil’ with vessel from Panama Iranian-flagged MT Horse and Panamanian Freya seized on Sunday morning Indonesian coast guard discovered them in early hours of morning off Borneo Ships weren’t flying flags, had I.D. systems switched off and didn’t reply to radio Iran’s oil exports have been crippled by US … Read more
British security firm G4S denies providing US forces with information so they could assassinate top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani G4S denied allegations they tipped American forces off about Iranian General General Qassem Soleimani was blown up by missiles last January He was killed near Baghdad airport, which G4S handles security for By Dora Allday For … Read more
Israel ‘launches air strikes against Iranian military targets in Syria killing six’ Syria’s official news agency reported explosions in the central town of Masyaf Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said attack killed six foreign paramilitaries Israel has previously acknowledged carrying out dozens of airstrikes in Syria By Joe Davies For Mailonline Published: 16:51 GMT, 26 … Read more
Iranian ‘Zombie Angelina Jolie’ is seen for the first time since she was released from prison where she was serving ten year sentence for ‘corruption’ Sahar Tabar became famous for sharing photos of her gaunt, heavily altered face She was recently freed from a 10-year prison sentence after her arrest last year Iranian TV aired … Read more
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said today he was happy that ‘lawless terrorist’ Donald Trump was leaving the White House. ‘We are not overjoyed about Mr. Biden’s arrival, but we are happy about Trump leaving,’ Rouhani said in a televised speech to the cabinet, adding the Republican was ‘the most lawless U.S. president’ and a ‘terrorist.’ … Read more
The Iranian ‘Zombie Angelina Jolie’ Instagram star has been jailed for a decade, her lawyer has said, a year after she was arrested over her social media activities. Sahar Tabar, 19, whose real name is Fatemeh Khishvand, from Tehran, shot to prominence after posting images of her eerily gaunt face. Her images – which made … Read more