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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

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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

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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)

Iran may use radioactive ‘dirty bomb’ against Israel if regime survival in doubt, warn Tehran sources

Claim comes amid escalation in aggressive rhetoric from Islamic Republic after changes in military and security leadership

By Ali Hamedani & Mardo Soghom

4 min read

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August 16, 2026 19:59

Iranian-made Zolfaghar missiles on display in Azadi Square in Tehran in July (AFP via Getty Images)

Netanyahu: Britain is the first Islamic republic to have nuclear weapons

His comments were condemned as ‘appalling’ by the leaders of Progressive Judaism in the UK

By Gabrielle Apfel

1 min read

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August 14, 2026 15:18

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu attends a vote in the plenum hall of the Knesset on July 16, 2026 (Flash90)

Israel ‘shocked’ by speed of Iran’s military recovery, with missile stockpile rapidly growing

Tehran has found ‘creative ways’ to restore critical capabilities, Israeli officials believe

By John Jeffay

1 min read

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August 14, 2026 10:34

Missiles produced by Iran's armed forces are displayed near a row of Iranian flags (Photo: Getty)

By Matt Godwin

Labour’s historic IRGC ban is a crucial step against Iran’s threat in the UK – but we must go much further

The government needs to expose Tehran’s links to charities and NGOs, sanction regime media, elites and proxies, expel the supreme leader’s representative and introduce tougher laws against extremist groups and hate preachers

2 min read

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August 13, 2026 14:41

Al Quds Day rally on March 15, 2026 in London (Image: Getty Images)

By The JC Leader

Britain must confront the Islamic Republic’s hidden war on our streets

Our revelations about Tehran blackmailing UK-based Iranian dissidents into attending anti-Israel protests, alongside claims that a Cambridge thesis “whitewashed” the regime, expose less visible ways Iran seeks to exploit and divide our country

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August 13, 2026 10:30

A protest in London on June 21, 2025 (Image: 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

By Ali Hamedani

6 min read

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August 12, 2026 18:03

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

Trump smuggled off Air Force One in catering truck after Israeli tip-off of Iran threat to blow jet up – report

The president hid in a container and was secretly moved to another plane after the Nato summit in Turkey

By Mark Wood

2 min read

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August 12, 2026 15:07

Air Force One on the tarmac in Turkey with an airport catering container alongside it on July 8. (Getty Images)

US and Iran exchange fire for the first time since July

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

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

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

US launches 'Operation Economic Outcast' against Iran

Netanyahu: Iran tried to assassinate one of my sons

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

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US and Iran exchange fire for the first time since July

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

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

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

US launches 'Operation Economic Outcast' against Iran

Netanyahu: Iran tried to assassinate one of my sons

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

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UAE cuts off trade with Iran after missile strikes

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

Iran may use radioactive ‘dirty bomb’ against Israel if regime survival in doubt, warn Tehran sources

Netanyahu: Britain is the first Islamic republic to have nuclear weapons

Israel ‘shocked’ by speed of Iran’s military recovery, with missile stockpile rapidly growing

Labour’s historic IRGC ban is a crucial step against Iran’s threat in the UK – but we must go much further

Britain must confront the Islamic Republic’s hidden war on our streets

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

Trump smuggled off Air Force One in catering truck after Israeli tip-off of Iran threat to blow jet up – report