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

Islamic Republic propaganda outlets hail measures announced by foreign secretary of “naive UK government”

By Ali Hamedani

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Foreign secretary Ed Miliband in Westminster (Credit: PA)

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Luxury £12 million London apartment linked to Iranian ayatollah appears on Rightmove

By Mark Wood

2 min read

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu casts his ballot during his party Likud's primary elections on August 17, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

By Ashley Perry

Trump’s economic siege of Iran may serve Israel – but not Netanyahu

3 min read

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters as he arrives for the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, on August 31, 2026 (Getty Images)

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US to target BVI banks in bid to ‘asphyxiate’ secretive IRGC financing

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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Iran may strike Israel over High Holy Days, says Katz

By Phoebe Black

1 min read

The US embassy in Jerusalem has issued a security warning for American citizens in the region (Photo: Getty)

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US hits IRGC targets around Hormuz as Iran strikes regional bases

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Colombia's new president Abelardo de la Espriella with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (Image: X)

By Tina Ghazimorad

Israel’s post-October 7 diplomatic revolution: new allies, new audiences

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US and Iran exchange fire for the first time since July

Washington says it struck missile launchers before they could fire rockets carrying sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

August 31, 2026 09:55

Vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz on August 10, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

By Tamir Morag

For Iran, Trump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ poses a greater existential threat than military action

Even if the US enforces the new sanctions only partially, the pressure may still be enough to bring about the regime's collapse. The watchwords are patience, determination, and endurance

6 min read

August 28, 2026 09:37

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. (Image: Getty Images)

Benjamin Netanyahu’s son ‘flees US’ after ‘Iranian assassination plot’

Yair Netanyahu reportedly left Florida without packing his belongings after intelligence services identified a terror cell tracking his movements

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

August 26, 2026 14:49

Yair Netanyahu (R), son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arrives for a court hearing on his request for a restraining order against Haaretz journalist Uri Misgav at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court in Jerusalem, July 15, 2026 (Flash90)

‘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’

By Ali Hamedani

5 min read

August 25, 2026 19:43

US launches 'Operation Economic Outcast' against Iran

The White House intends to sever Iran’s economic lifelines and isolate the regime internationally

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

August 25, 2026 10:41

The US treasury has imposed sanctions on dozens of individuals and entities accused of supporting Iranian oil revenues, nuclear and missile procurement and cyber operations (Photo: Getty)

Netanyahu: Iran tried to assassinate one of my sons

Israeli PM reveals plot which has reportedly been censored by military for months

By JC Reporter

1 min read

August 24, 2026 17:46

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP via Getty)

By Tamir Morag

The US is winning the battle for the Strait of Hormuz – here’s how

American military achievements allowing more ships through and an adapting global oil market have put pressure back onto Tehran

7 min read

August 24, 2026 12:19

US Air Force jet over the Strait of Hormuz (Image: CENTCOM)

UAE cuts off trade with Iran after missile strikes

The Gulf nation has intercepted more than 3,000 Iranian missiles and drones since the start of the war

By Andrew Bernard

1 min read

August 19, 2026 11:20

An Emirates aircraft flies past plumes of smoke from an ongoing fire near Dubai International Airport following an Iranian strike on March 16, 2026 (Getty Images)

By Mardo Soghom

Iran’s panicked regime moves to criminalise ordinary contacts with the outside world

The leadership is now at least as concerned about another wave of domestic unrest as it is about the external military threat. The draconian laws curtailing correspondence with foreign academics and media come amid the near-daily execution of dissidents

4 min read

August 18, 2026 17:25

IRGC members ahead of the funeral of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei at the Grand Mosalla in Tehran on July 3, 2026. (Image: Getty Images)

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Iran

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

Luxury £12 million London apartment linked to Iranian ayatollah appears on Rightmove

Trump’s economic siege of Iran may serve Israel – but not Netanyahu

US to target BVI banks in bid to ‘asphyxiate’ secretive IRGC financing

Iran may strike Israel over High Holy Days, says Katz

US hits IRGC targets around Hormuz as Iran strikes regional bases

Israel’s post-October 7 diplomatic revolution: new allies, new audiences

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