Ali Hamedani

Ali Hamedani is a journalist, broadcaster and director of London's Persian Radio (Persian Mix Radio)

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Iran

Iran’s sickening celebration of October 7: We will complete destruction of Zionist regime

State broadcaster says the Hamas attacks were “the first phase of the total elimination of Israel”

2 min read

An Iranian woman shoulders a rocket launcher during a military course for volunteers at the Janfada ('Sacrifice for the Homeland') training camp set up in Imam Hossein square in Tehran on October 6, 2026. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images)

Armed police maintain road blocks and security checks around RAF Fairford on September 28, 2026 (Photo by Getty Images)

‘Britain is wetting itself’ after suspected bomb plot, say IRGC supporters

2 min read

Foreign secretary Ed Miliband in Westminster (Credit: PA)

Iran greets Ed Miliband’s settlement sanctions as step towards ‘the end of Israel’

2 min read

A Taliban fighter rides a military vehicle in front of a Palestinian flag during celebrations for the fifth anniversary of the Taliban's takeover (Photo by Mustafa Noori / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

Taliban leaders call Jews ‘animals’ and back Palestinians against ‘cruel Jewish occupiers’

4 min read

‘We cannot afford to eat’ – Pain on the streets of Iran as surging prices make food ‘too expensive’ for many

Iranians tell the JC of their suffering after the US announced new swingeing sanctions Washington is calling an ‘economic D-Day’

5 min read

August 25, 2026 19:43

Drivers queue at a petrol station in Tehran, on August 25, 2026. There are reports some petrol stations have closed and others have shortages due to fears prices will rocket. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

Iran blackmails expats in UK to go to pro-Palestine protests

Dissidents in Britain forced to comply by regime agents using threats against captive relatives in the Islamic Republic

6 min read

August 12, 2026 18:03

Show of support for Islamic Republic at pro-Palestine demonstration in London earlier this year

‘Israel is where the warmongers must feel the pain’ - the warning coming out of Iran

President Trump cancels strikes but fears rise that the Islamic Republic could escalate the war and attack Israel

4 min read

August 3, 2026 14:24

An Iranian man walks past an anti-US billboard at Enghelab Square in central Tehran on August 3, 2026.(Getty Images)

Exclusive: ‘We are being being persecuted by regime’, Iranian Jews tell the JC

Members of the country’s small community say they are being attacked and harrassed, and children are forced to denounce Israel

5 min read

July 28, 2026 13:14

Regime supporters demonstrate in Tehran in June. A Jewish mother told the JC that her children were forced to attend such demonstrations (Photo: Getty Images)

Dissidents in Iran condemn JD Vance for failing to back opposition to regime

Vice-president said bringing down Islamic Republic is not in US interest in appearance on Joe Rogan podcast

4 min read

July 17, 2026 17:44

Regime figures claim Iran murdered Lindsey Graham – and threaten to kill Trump

Country’s new leadership signalling desire for further confrontation with the US and Israel

4 min read

July 13, 2026 17:16

US Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks during a press conference at the US Capitol on April 27, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

BBC deal with regime over Supreme Leader’s funeral coverage is ‘disgusting’, say expat Iranian staff

Journalists feel ‘betrayed’ by broadcaster over agreement not to air reports to people living in the Islamic Republic

6 min read

July 8, 2026 15:50

The BBC's Lyse Doucet covering the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (BBC News)

Will Iran’s Supreme Leader finally come out of hiding for funeral of his father?

As Islamic Republic prepares for burial of Ali Khameni, speculation surrounds his son, Mojtaba, the regime’s new ruler

3 min read

July 2, 2026 20:34

Pictured in 2024, the elusive new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei (Hamed JAFARNEJAD / ISNA / AFP via Getty)

Iran vows to build nuclear bomb and targets Donald Trump with death threat in regime propaganda

Front-page image of president in crosshairs come amid increasing uncertainty over Islamic Republic talks with the US

2 min read

June 30, 2026 14:37

Donald Trump in crosshairs with headline 'Revenge is certain' on front page of Hamshahri

Iranians squabble over whether they can keep chanting ‘death to Israel and America’

Reported ban announced by one elite faction sparks internal row, as other prominent figures vow revenge

2 min read

June 25, 2026 17:03

A woman holding the Iranian Flag on June 15, 2026 in Tehran, Iran (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Iran’s LGBT community can only long for joy of Pride in Tel Aviv

Celebrations in Israel are a stark contrast to underground existence in Islamic Republic where sexuality can be punished with death penalty

5 min read

June 19, 2026 19:21

Anti-regime protest in Washington DC in 2022, after the death of Mahsa Amini (DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty)

Iran chief negotiator vows to avenge Supreme Leader’s death with ‘liberation of Jerusalem’

Regime leading official Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf makes threat as deal to end conflict is signed with US

2 min read

June 18, 2026 17:11

Iran's chief negotiator and Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty)

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Ali Hamedani

Latest from Ali Hamedani

Iran’s sickening celebration of October 7: We will complete destruction of Zionist regime

‘Britain is wetting itself’ after suspected bomb plot, say IRGC supporters

Iran greets Ed Miliband’s settlement sanctions as step towards ‘the end of Israel’

Taliban leaders call Jews ‘animals’ and back Palestinians against ‘cruel Jewish occupiers’

More from Ali Hamedani

‘We cannot afford to eat’ – Pain on the streets of Iran as surging prices make food ‘too expensive’ for many

Iran blackmails expats in UK to go to pro-Palestine protests

‘Israel is where the warmongers must feel the pain’ - the warning coming out of Iran

Exclusive: ‘We are being being persecuted by regime’, Iranian Jews tell the JC

Dissidents in Iran condemn JD Vance for failing to back opposition to regime

Regime figures claim Iran murdered Lindsey Graham – and threaten to kill Trump

BBC deal with regime over Supreme Leader’s funeral coverage is ‘disgusting’, say expat Iranian staff

Will Iran’s Supreme Leader finally come out of hiding for funeral of his father?

Iran vows to build nuclear bomb and targets Donald Trump with death threat in regime propaganda

Iranians squabble over whether they can keep chanting ‘death to Israel and America’

Iran’s LGBT community can only long for joy of Pride in Tel Aviv

Iran chief negotiator vows to avenge Supreme Leader’s death with ‘liberation of Jerusalem’