Ali Hamedani

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

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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

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

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

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

4 min read

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)

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

5 min read

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

4 min read

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)

Iranians protest against regime at opening World Cup match and chant ‘Death to the Islamic Republic’ during national anthem

Pre-revolutionary flags smuggled into stadium despite FIFA ban

2 min read

June 16, 2026 17:14

A protester outside Los Angeles Stadium match. before the match (Getty Images)

Regime supporters in Iran protest over agreement to end war

Deal to stop conflict with America and Israel splits Iranians

2 min read

June 15, 2026 17:14

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed on the first day of the Iran war (Getty Images)

Iranian state TV issues death threats against journalists based in Britain

Televised remarks are part of wider campaign of intimidation directed at regime opponents overseas

2 min read

June 3, 2026 12:18

Screenshots from the exchange on the Iranian chat show

‘Israel will not live to see another 15 years’ says Iran’s Supreme Leader

Threat by Mojtaba Khamenei comes amid hopes of breakthrough in talks between the US and Islamic Republic

3 min read

May 26, 2026 11:55

Iranian security forces gunmen with a portrait of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran (Majid Saeedi/Getty)

Iran threatens to pass law rewarding assassination of Trump and Netanyahu

Threats came from a hardline cleric as tensions grow in the region

2 min read

May 18, 2026 12:12

A giant billboard of slain Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Valiasr Square in Tehran (Photo: Getty Images) /

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Ali Hamedani

Latest from Ali Hamedani

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

More from Ali Hamedani

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’

Iranians protest against regime at opening World Cup match and chant ‘Death to the Islamic Republic’ during national anthem

Regime supporters in Iran protest over agreement to end war

Iranian state TV issues death threats against journalists based in Britain

‘Israel will not live to see another 15 years’ says Iran’s Supreme Leader

Iran threatens to pass law rewarding assassination of Trump and Netanyahu