An Australian-British academic jailed in Iran for espionage rejected Tehran’s offer to work as a spy, according to letters she smuggled out of prison published in British media Tuesday
United Kingdom Events
It is time the UK abandoned its gentle approach towards Iran
Last week, the UK’s ambassador to Tehran Rob Macaire was detained by Iranian authorities. He was returning from a commemoration of the 176 individuals killed on board Ukraine International Airlines flight 752, shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Iran Mullahs calls for UK ambassador to be killed
The British Ambassador to Iran, who was arrested during anti-regime protests last week, should have been “chopped into pieces”, according to a representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei
Bob Blackman MP says Iranians are not rallying behind the regime
In an article published on the Euronews website on Wednesday, Bob Blackman, a Member of Parliament from the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, explained the Iranian regime’s failure in portraying the eliminated chief of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani, as a national hero
UK expands Hezbollah asset freeze
Britain’s Treasury said on Friday it designated the entire Lebanese Hezbollah organization as a terrorist group under its Terrorism and Terrorist Financing rules, and as such its assets will be frozen
Iranian cleric says UK ambassador better expelled than chopped into pieces
Prominent hardline Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Alamolhoda said expelling the UK ambassador would be “the best thing that can happen to him” as otherwise loyal supporters of slain IRGC commander Qassem Soleimani would “chop him to small pieces
Iran warns European troops in Middle East – May be in danger
Iran’s president warned on Wednesday that European soldiers deployed in the Mideast ”may be in danger” after Britain, France and Germany triggered the dispute resolution mechanism of the 2015 nuclear deal
Ahmad Alamolhoda calls for chopping UK ambassador into pieces and execution
On January 14, Ahmad Alamolhoda, Mashhad’s Friday Prayers Imam and the representative of the Iranian regime’s supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, in Khorasan Razavi Province, while referring to the arrest of the British Ambassador in Iran last week said he should have been “chopped into pieces
UK Ambassador to Iran leaves country amid diplomatic row
UK Ambassador to Iran Rob Macaire departed Tehran Tuesday night by airplane via the Qatari capital of Doha, IRIB news agency correspondent Ameneh Sadat Zbihpour has reported
Iran rejects proposed new Trump deal
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has praised U.S. President Donald Trump as a great dealmaker, called on Tuesday for the president to replace Iran‘s 2015 nuclear deal with major powers with his own new pact to ensure Tehran does not get an atomic weapon
EU should not remain silent on Iran’s violence against protestors
As state security forces in Iran use potentially lethal force against civilian protestors for the second time in less than two months, the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) calls upon the EU to exercise its role as a key interlocutor with Iran to urge the authorities there to cease violent acts against the protestors
