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The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has today claimed that the coronavirus outbreak could be a biological attack by the United States against China and Iran. Hossein Salami told a crowd in Kerman today that the virus outbreak which has brought misery to Iran ‘may be the product of the American biological invasion’. ‘We will … Read more
Footage claiming to show rows of body bags filled with people killed by the coronavirus in Iran has been shared online, amid fears the country is hiding the true extent of the disease outbreak. The country’s first vice president has reportedly been struck by the disease, which is also affecting eight per cent of Iran’s MPs … Read more
A British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran could be released on furlough this week after serving four years in prison. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 41, could leave Evin jail either today or tomorrow according to Labour MP Tulip Siddiq. It comes just days after Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband Richard Ratcliffe said he feared his wife had developed a ‘cold’ due … Read more
An adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has become the first senior Iranian official to be killed by coronavirus after he died at a Tehran hospital today. Mohammad Mirmohammadi, a member of the Expediency Council which is hand-picked by the Supreme Leader, died aged 71 after falling sick with the virus. He is one of several regime … Read more
Husband of jailed mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe believes she has contracted coronavirus in Iranian prison as he reveals concerns at ‘refusal to test her’ Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is being refused testing for coronavirus in prison Husband Richard said the mother-of-one had a cold sweat and nausea He called on the Government’s help, and for Boris Johnson to … Read more
They joined forces in 1980 as members of the masked, black-clad SAS squad that stormed London’s Iranian Embassy in a jaw-dropping display of British courage. The nation watched mesmerised as Rusty Firmin and Robin Horsfall, alongside their fearless Special Forces colleagues, set off explosives, burst through windows and shot dead hostage-holding terrorists in a hail … Read more
Conservative Iranian hardliners are expected to sweep to victory in elections today after seizing on US killing of terrorist general Qassem Soleimani. Sitting moderate Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is unlikely to pick up adequate support as many voters are expected to stay away from the polls. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was pictured voting in … Read more
Conservative Iranian hardliners are expected to sweep to victory in elections today after seizing on US killing of terrorist general Qassem Soleimani. Sitting moderate Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is unlikely to pick up adequate support as many voters are expected to stay away from the polls. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was pictured voting in … Read more