Former President Donald Trump took to the dance floor of his Mar-a-Lago country club which was hosting a wedding reception to bemoan his election loss and rail against President Biden, China, Iran and the current crisis at the southern border, before finally wishing the happy couple well. Trump appeared at the reception dressed in a … Read more
Israeli cargo ship is hit by ‘Iranian’ missile in the Arabian Sea Israeli-owned cargo ship was struck by a missile in the Arabian Sea on Thursday Security officials in Israel said they believed Iran was behind the attack The ship was on its way from Tanzania to India and was able to continue onward Ship … Read more
German trucker, 57, is jailed for 19 years for drug smuggling after being caught at Dover with half a ton of cocaine worth £38million hidden in stacks of tyres in the back of his lorry Kawus Rafiei, 57, was found guilty of attempting to import Class A drugs Border Force officers scanned Rafiei’s lorry and … Read more
Iran shows off new ‘missile city’ with rows of ballistic rockets stashed in an underground depot in chilling challenge to the West Revolutionary Guards commander Hossein Salami visited the new missile base Footage broadcast by state TV showed rows of missiles stashed at the facility He bragged that it is only a ‘small section’ of … Read more
Iran shows off new ‘missile city’ with rows of ballistic rockets stashed in an underground depot in chilling challenge to the West Revolutionary Guards commander Hossein Salami visited the new missile base Footage broadcast by state TV showed rows of missiles stashed at the facility He bragged that it is only a ‘small section’ of … Read more
Four men are hanged in Iran for gang-raping mountain climber in front of her husband The men attacked the woman who was climbing a mountain in Khorasan Razavi They tied up her husband’s hands and feet and made him watch the gang-rape They were hanged on Monday after the Supreme Court in Iran found them guilty … Read more
British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is facing an anxious wait to learn whether she can leave Iran after her six-year prison ordeal following her trail today. The 43-year-old mother was charged with ‘propaganda against the system’ and will have to wait for about a week before the judge decides whether she will be acquitted or … Read more
The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says her case has been a ‘failure of diplomacy and campaigning’ ahead of her return to court in Iran on Sunday. Richard Ratcliffe said it would take ‘a long time’ for his wife to recover from the psychological trauma of her ordeal, but that continuing media coverage had ‘kept her … Read more
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has told of her five years of ‘traumatising’ torture in Iran for the first time. In a video interview with independent investigators, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 43, revealed she was threatened with execution and the torture of her family. She was also chained and forced to wear a blindfold in prison where she suffered sensory … Read more
Boris Johnson demands ‘immediate release’ of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe during phone call with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as PM says her ‘continued confinement remains completely unacceptable’ PM Boris Johnson spoke to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani this afternoon Mr Johnson demanded the ‘immediate release’ of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe The PM said her ‘continued confinement remains completely unacceptable’ By … Read more