Iran

Sir Keir Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer affirms security for Jewish and Muslim places of worship amid war in Middle East

PM’s pledge comes as communities secretary Steve Reed meets CST to discuss safety

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer makes a statement from Downing Street in central London on March 5, 2026, in relation to the US-Israel war with Iran. (Photo by Jaimi Joy / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

People stand next to missile debris after it fell near Qamishli International Airport, near the Turkish border in the Qamishli district of Hasakah, Syria, March 4, 2026 (Getty Images)

Operation Roaring Lion

Iran denies firing missile at Turkey after Nato interception

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II jet performs a flyover on January 24, 2026, in Daytona Beach, Florida (Getty Images)

Iran

US offers ‘extensive air cover’ for Kurds to seize parts of western Iran

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband ‘won cabinet revolt against PM’s plan to let US use UK bases’

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) talks to reporters ahead of a vote on a bipartisan war powers resolution that would have prevented President Donald Trump from continuing the military campaign against Iran (Getty Images)

USA

Senate vote to halt extension of Iran War fails

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Israeli Air Force

Watch: Israeli F-35 shoots down Iranian fighter jet over Tehran

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Israeli embassy in London (Images: Getty Images)

Operation Roaring Lion

Israeli embassies worldwide could be targeted over Operation Roaring Lion, Iran claims

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

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Iran’s grand ayatollahs issue fatwa calling on Muslims worldwide to avenge Khamenei’s death

Hossein Noori Hamedani and Naser Makarem Shirazi said it was a ‘religious duty’ to take revenge on ‘bloodthirsty Zionists’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

March 5, 2026 10:22

Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a press conference on May 10, 2024 (Getty Images)

Watch: IDF strikes Iranian soldiers operating air defence unit

The army also published footage of a strike on a Russian-made Mi-17 helicopter

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

March 4, 2026 15:15

The Iranian air base which was targetted by the IDF (Image: X/IDF Online)

When did Israel start planning Operation Roaring Lion? Go back to October 7

This week shows how the massacre that took place in Israel more than two years ago changed the Middle East forever – but not in the way Iran and Hamas had hoped for

By Natalie Lisbona

5 min read

March 4, 2026 14:21

When did Israel start planning Operation Roaring Lion? Go back to October 7

Jeremy Hunt: UK ‘weakened alliance’ by delaying US base use

‘It was a big mistake,’ the former foreign secretary insisted

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

March 4, 2026 12:36

Jeremy Hunt speaks during the Conservative Party Conference in 2024 (Getty)

UK warship deployed to Cyprus after attack on RAF base

Helicopters with counter-drone capabilities and air defence destroyer HMS Dragon sent to Cyprus

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

March 4, 2026 12:13

HMS Dragon (pictured) has been deployed, Keir Starmer confirmed (Photo: Getty)

Jewish Iranians in Israel long to visit their homeland

Amid hope of regime change, expats and their families dream of being able to return as tourists

By Melanie Swan

3 min read

March 4, 2026 12:10

Tourists visit historic sites in Isfahan, south of Tehran, Iran in 1974 (AFP via Getty)

By Jake Wallis Simons

All eyes on Pickaxe Mountain, Iran’s secretive nuclear site that may not be long for this world

So far, it has escaped Israeli and American bombs… but the smart money is on the site becoming a smouldering crater in the near future

4 min read

March 4, 2026 11:57

Pickaxe Mountain seen in a satellite image taken on February 10, 2026 (Google Earth)

US ‘in active talks’ with Iraqi Kurds over potential CIA-backed Iran regime change

American intelligence agencies are reportedly discussing arming Kurdish militias to facilitate regime change in the Islamic Republic

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

March 4, 2026 11:51

Members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) participate in a military drill in an outpost near Erbil, Kurdistan region of Iraq, on January 15, 2026 (Getty Images)

US Navy could be deployed to protect ships through Strait of Hormuz

President Trump also ordered a federal agency to provide insurance to commercial vessels passing through the vital trade route

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

March 4, 2026 11:09

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and its associated strike group pictured in the Arabian Sea on February 2, 2026 (Getty Images)

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Iran

Sir Keir Starmer affirms security for Jewish and Muslim places of worship amid war in Middle East

Iran denies firing missile at Turkey after Nato interception

US offers ‘extensive air cover’ for Kurds to seize parts of western Iran

Ed Miliband ‘won cabinet revolt against PM’s plan to let US use UK bases’

Senate vote to halt extension of Iran War fails

Watch: Israeli F-35 shoots down Iranian fighter jet over Tehran

Israeli embassies worldwide could be targeted over Operation Roaring Lion, Iran claims

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