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Iran

Arab states request emergency UN Human Rights Council debate on Iran’s ‘military aggression’

Qatar has already expelled some Iranian embassy staff after a strike on its largest gas production facility

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

A representative of Qatar delivers a speech on human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran during a session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva on March 16, 2026 (Getty Images)

West Bank

Three Palestinian women killed in Iranian West Bank strike

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Qatar Energy's operating facilities in Ras Laffan Industrial City, pictured on March 3, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iran

Qatar declares Iranian embassy staff ‘persona non grate’ after gas facility strike

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

US President Trump speaks to members of the media traveling on Air Force One en route to Miami on March 7, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iran

Trump distances US from Israeli strikes on Iranian gas field

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Joseph Ken testifies during a House Homeland Security Committee (Image: Getty)

By Stephen Pollard

Joe Kent quits blaming Israel – his far-right links tell the real story

3 min read

US President Trump speaks to members of the media aboard Air Force One on March 15, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iran

Trump labels BBC coverage of Iran War ‘corrupt and fraudulent’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Israel

Elderly couple killed in cluster bomb strike on Ramat Gan

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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By Jonathan Sacerdoti

The ‘moderate’ who ran death squads: how BBC and Sky sanitise the Iranian regime

Ali Larijani was no reformer but a central figure in repression – and yet much of British media coverage blurred that reality

4 min read

March 17, 2026 17:23

Iran's security chief Ali Larijani (C) and Iran's ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani (R) attend a ceremony marking the first anniversary of Israel's assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (Image: Getty)

By Yaakov Katz

Trump’s time advantage: the key to the Iran war strategy

From a purely military perspective, what has been achieved over the past weeks is nothing short of extraordinary – and the president is still at the beginning of his tenure

5 min read

March 17, 2026 16:25

Herzog voices concern for Commonwealth Jewry in the wake of terror attacks

The Israeli president is also calling for European support for efforts to disarm Hezbollah in Lebanon

By Natalie Lisbona

1 min read

March 17, 2026 16:18

Israeli President Isaac Herzog (Image: Israeli embassy)

UN agency launches investigation into strike on Iranian girls’ school

The US and Iran have traded blame for the incident, which local authorities say killed 168 people

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

March 17, 2026 15:14

This picture, obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency, shows the site of a strike on a girls' school in Minab, in Iran's southern Hormozgan province, on February 28, 2026 (Getty Images)

Israeli journalist sent death threats by ‘prediction market’ speculators over Iran missile report

Emanuel Fabian was allegedly pressured to change details of his coverage in an apparent attempt to manipulate the outcome of online bets

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

March 17, 2026 15:04

Times of Israel military correspondent Emanuel Fabian, pictured on November 20, 2024 (Flash90)

Head of US counter-terror agency resigns, blaming Iran War on ‘powerful’ Israel lobby

Joe Kent said he was leaving his position as he could not support the conflict ‘in good conscience’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

March 17, 2026 14:41

Joe Kent, the now-ex director of the US National Counterterrorism Center (Office of the Director of National Intelligence)

Iran hits US embassy in Baghdad as Gulf strikes continue

President Trump also put pressure on Nato allies to join his initiative to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz, but European powers appear reluctant to get involved

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

March 17, 2026 11:42

A plume of smoke rises over the Iraqi capital Baghdad on March 16, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iranian security chief Larijani ‘killed in IDF strike’

A separate strike also reportedly eliminated the leadership of one of the IRGC’s key paramilitaries

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

March 17, 2026 10:36

Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 27, 2025 (Getty Images)

Badenoch: Starmer’s Iran stance is appeasement of ‘sectarian’ vote

The Conservative Party leader added: ‘we should be looking after the British national interest, not particular constituency interest’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

4 min read

March 16, 2026 17:11

Kemi Badenoch in Coco bakery in north west London (Image: The JC).

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Operation Roaring Lion

Arab states request emergency UN Human Rights Council debate on Iran’s ‘military aggression’

Three Palestinian women killed in Iranian West Bank strike

Qatar declares Iranian embassy staff ‘persona non grate’ after gas facility strike

Trump distances US from Israeli strikes on Iranian gas field

Joe Kent quits blaming Israel – his far-right links tell the real story

Trump labels BBC coverage of Iran War ‘corrupt and fraudulent’

Elderly couple killed in cluster bomb strike on Ramat Gan

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