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Revealed: The IRGC butcher living in the UK despite asylum claim rejection

Former members of the regime-linked Basij paramilitary group are living in the UK despite being found by courts to have been complicit in crimes against humanity, it has emerged

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

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)

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Regime figures claim Iran murdered Lindsey Graham – and threaten to kill Trump

By Ali Hamedani

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer hosts a reception at number 10 Downing Street for the Jewish community.(Image: Suzanne Plunkett/PA Wire)

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IRGC to be proscribed as national security threat

By Lorin Bell-Cross

4 min read

Memorials to murder victims at Nova music festival site (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

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Nova survivors trolled by torrent of online abuse linked to Iran, new report reveals

By Daniel Ben-David

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Ship sailing off through the Strait of Hormuz on Friday (AFP via Getty)

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Iran launches missiles and drones at Gulf states after US responds to attacks on shipping in Strait of Hormuz

By JC Reporter

1 min read

US Central Command forces launch strikes against military targets within Iran, July 7-8, 2026. (Image: US Central Command/X)

By Mardo Soghom

Tehran’s military escalation may prove another strategic miscalculation

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The BBC's Lyse Doucet covering the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (BBC News)

Iran

BBC deal with regime over Supreme Leader’s funeral coverage is ‘disgusting’, say expat Iranian staff

By Ali Hamedani

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Trump labels Iran ‘scum’ and declares ceasefire ‘over’ after Gulf strikes

US forces hit Iranian coastal positions after Tehran attacked commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, before aiming retaliatory strikes at Washington’s Gulf allies

By JC Reporter

3 min read

July 8, 2026 11:19

US President Trump attends the Nato summit in Ankara, Turkey on July 08, 2026 (Getty Images)

By Stephen Pollard

Terrorists, tyrants, loons – and the BBC – descend on Khamenei’s funeral

It’s like a mash up of Smersh, Spectre and all the baddies from Team America: World Police – a spectacle choreographed by the IRGC and covered with cloying reverence by much of the media

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July 7, 2026 16:01

BBC chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet reports from Khamenei's funeral in Tehran (Image: BBC)

By Mardo Soghom

Khamenei’s funeral was choreographed to signal revenge – not reconciliation

Mojtaba’s absence suggests the designated successor is dead. Without a Supreme Leader arbitrating among the regime's competing factions, the prospects for Tehran moderating its behaviour are slim

2 min read

July 6, 2026 17:39

A poster with the slogan 'Kill Trump' is displayed during the funeral of Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on July 6, 2026 in Tehran. (Image: Getty Images)

Two men jailed for knife attack on anti-regime journalist ‘on behalf of Iran’

The pair, both Romanian nationals, took part in the assault, which the court heard was ‘instigated by a foreign power’

By JC Reporter

4 min read

July 6, 2026 11:35

Handout screen grab from CCTV of Iran International journalist Pouria Zeraati running from a knife attack outside his home in Wimbledon on March 29 2024 (PA)

Iranian foreign minister sits down with Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthis at Ali Khamenei funeral

Current Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is yet to turn up at the showcase event, reportedly over fears of assassination

By JC Reporter

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July 5, 2026 11:42

People gather to mourn Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the funeral ceremonies at the Grand Mosalla in Tehran on July 5, 2026. Iranian leaders on July 5 joined prayers over the casket of late supreme leader Ali Khamenei during a second day of funeral ceremonies, which was declared a public holiday across Iran. Khamenei's body will be moved out of the Grand Mosalla later in the day, where it is lying in state, as part of preparations for processions through the capital the following day. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /

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

By Ali Hamedani

3 min read

July 2, 2026 20:34

Pictured in 2024, the elusive new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei (Hamed JAFARNEJAD / ISNA / AFP via Getty)

US intelligence suggested Iran’s missiles could reach London in future, claims prominent Senator

Louisiana Republican John Kennedy suggested that the threat of attacks on Europe was a motivating factor in President Trump’s decision to go to war

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

July 2, 2026 11:31

Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) on the This Past Weekend podcast with Theo Von (YouTube/TheoVon)

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

By Ali Hamedani

2 min read

June 30, 2026 14:37

Donald Trump in crosshairs with headline 'Revenge is certain' on front page of Hamshahri

Can biblical Jethro help us to understand Donald Trump?

Moses’s father-in-law may offer a precedent for the American president’s cooling relations with Israel

By Rabbi Gideon Sylvester

3 min read

June 30, 2026 13:02

Partners: Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in 2025 (photo: Getty Images)

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Revealed: The IRGC butcher living in the UK despite asylum claim rejection

Regime figures claim Iran murdered Lindsey Graham – and threaten to kill Trump

IRGC to be proscribed as national security threat

Nova survivors trolled by torrent of online abuse linked to Iran, new report reveals

Iran launches missiles and drones at Gulf states after US responds to attacks on shipping in Strait of Hormuz

Tehran’s military escalation may prove another strategic miscalculation

BBC deal with regime over Supreme Leader’s funeral coverage is ‘disgusting’, say expat Iranian staff

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