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According to Israeli intelligence, Iran sent military equipment to Syria disguised as aid after an earthquake killed thousands of people in February (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

Iran nuke threat may prompt attack by Israel, triggering major conflict

The biggest wave of social unrest in Iran in almost three years has seen protesters chant 'Woman, Life, Freedom' and 'down with the dictator' (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

Mullahs use Ramadan to try to crush Iran uprising in latest corruption of Islam

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi shake hands in Tehran in July last year (Picture: Sergei Savostyanov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

If ICC can issue arrest warrant for Putin, it can do so for Iran’s brutal regime

Afghan boys sit outside newly built houses constructed by the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) in Barmal district, Paktika province, following humanitarian work. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

UNHCR calls for funding to support millions of Afghan refugees

Protests in Iran and across the world broke out after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died while in the custody of Iran's 'morality police' (Picture: Safin Hamed/AFP via Getty Images)

Are Iran's mullahs gassing schoolgirls in revenge for protests?

F1 legend breaks a Guinness World Record – thanks to his lightning-fast reflexes

Demonstrators carry historic flags of Iran and portraits of Reza Pahlavi, the oldest son of the last Shah of Iran, during a rally outside the Munich Security Conference (Picture:Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran's despotic mullahs must not be replaced by son of deposed Shah

Cameron Carter-Vickers had no shortage of motivational messages ahead of representing the United States in the World Cup. Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

How Joe Biden and Ted Lasso helped frame Celtic defender's World Cup memories

Doomsday Clock: What is it, how close is it to midnight, and what time are scientists due to set it in 2023? (Photo: EVA HAMBACH/AFP via Getty Images)

Doomsday Clock 2023: What is it, current time & new announcement

A protester poses in mock gallows during a rally held in central London this month against the Iranian regime (Picture: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images)

Ireland must not re-open its embassy in Iran – Struan Stevenson

Alireza Akbari’s has been executed in Iran.

British man executed in Iran after being accused of spying for MI6

Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in the Israeli parliament as his new government is sworn in last month (Picture: Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Israel's new gangster government should be shunned and condemned by UK

WhatsApp to enable messaging in internet blackouts

Former Asian player of the year and Iranian football legend Ali Daei has spoken in support of anti-government protests in Iran (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / AFP)

Asian football legend says family banned from leaving Iran after flight rerouted

A change of gender should not allow the 'Sex' box to be altered on birth certificates, says reader (Picture: Adobe)

Readers' Letters: Birth certificates are part of historical record

Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti, seen at the Cannes Film Festival in May, has been arrested and charged with 'spreading falsehoods against the regime' (Picture: Christophe Simon/AFP via Getty Images)

Will world ignore plea from arrested actress as Iran’s tyrants kill its people?

Edinburgh University needs to consider its position on free speech and the transgender debate carefully (Picture: Rhoda Morrison)

University has a historic choice to make about trans debate and free speech

A photograph of Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, stands on a table among candles during a demonstration by supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran in Berlin (Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Brutally slow public hanging of Iranian protester shows why West must act

Footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani is reportedly facing execution in Iran.

FIFPRO ‘sickened’ at reports footballer is facing execution in Iran

People gather in solidarity with those protesting in Iran, following the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, after she was arrested for not wearing her hijab correctly (Picture: Alex McBride/Getty Images)

From Iran to Malawi to Scotland, women are getting angrier – Susan Dalgety

A phone displays a Tweet about the hanging by Iranian authorities of Mohsen Shekari. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Iran executes first prisoner involved in anti-government protests

An Iranian woman walks in the street on a rainy day in the capital Tehran, on the day Iran has said it has scrapped its morality police after more than two months of protests triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini following her arrest for allegedly violating the country's strict female dress code.

Scepticism over scrapping of Iran’s ‘morality police’

A woman looks at a screen displaying a video of an international climbing competition is Seoul, South Korea, during which Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi competes without a hijab.

Iran's 'morality police' has been disbanded, attorney general confirms

England take on Senegal in the round of 16 in Qatar. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

England v Senegal: Match info, TV details, kick-off time, teams news

England will face Senegal in the next round of the World Cup.

Full details for England v Senegal in second round of World Cup

Can Gareth Bale and Wales spring a surprise and defeat England on Tuesday at Qatar 2022? (Photo credit should read DENIS CHARLET/AFP via Getty Images)

England v Wales: When was the last time Wales beat England at football?

BBC iPlayer down for thousands - causing them to miss England game

Wales National Anthem: lyrics to Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau ahead of Iran game

USA manager Gregg Berhalter during a press conference at the Main Media Centre in Doha, Qatar. Picture date: Thursday November 24, 2022.

Iran v USA: Flag row, warships and political tensions mar tense press conference

England play their third and final World Cup group game against Wales on Tuesday. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)

England v Wales: Match info, TV details, UK kick-off time, team news

Players who are booked at this year's World Cup risk being suspended for future games.

World Cup rules for suspensions following yellow and red cards

England are in Group B at the World Cup and are hoping to win the tournament for the first time since 1966.

Who England play next at the World Cup and how they can qualify

Bobby Lennox turns to celebrate scoring Scotland's second goal against England at Wembley in a famous victory in 1967.

Scotland v England: The missed Qatar opportunity as 150-year anniversary arrives

Marcus Rashford and Bukayo Saka of England are substituted during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group B match between England and USA at Al Bayt Stadium on November 25, 2022 in Al Khor, Qatar. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Why is there so much stoppage time at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar

There were emotional scenes in the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, Al-Rayyan

Emotional scenes during the Iran national anthem in symbolic show of support

England boss Gareth Southgate has not ruled out his team making a gesture ahead of their game with the US to highlight human rights concerns, but said they will not be pressured into doing so.

FIFA World Cup 2022: Qatar schedule for Friday including England

People hold up placards during a rally in Paris last month in support of the anti-government demonstrations in Iran (Picture: Geoffroy van der Hasselt/AFP via Getty Images)

Protests against Iran's fascist regime are turning into a full-scale revolution

Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham and Harry Maguire of England take a knee prior to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group B match between England and IR Iran at Khalifa International Stadium.

Why are the England players taking a knee at the World Cup?

Iran's players stayed noticeably silent as their national anthem was played ahead of the World Cup game against England (Picture: Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Fifa's ban on OneLove armband means it's acting like Qatari 'morality police'

FIFA World Cup: Blue criticised for performance at Qatar fan festival

The Iran players refused to sing the national anthem. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)

How Iran embarrassed England off the field, but lost 6-2

FIFA World Cup 2022: Concussion rules for Qatar tournament explained

Iranian actress Hengameh Ghaziani at a film festival in Tehran in 2016. Ms Ghaziani who in a video removed her headscarf in public in an apparent act of defiance, was arrested for inciting and supporting the "riots" official news agency IRNA said.

Iranian actors arrested for ‘provocative’ social media posts

England play their first World Cup match against Iran. (Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images)

England v Iran: World Cup match info, TV details, kick-off time, team news

Rod Stewart turns down $1m gig in Qatar over controversial World Cup 2022 - his net worth, age & children?

Sir Rod Stewart snubbed $1m offer to perform in Qatar

Will Iran be kicked out the World Cup?

Will Iran be banned from 2022 World Cup? Why Iran may not be at Qatar 2022

The Afghan community in London flew kites on Hampstead Heath this summer to commemorate one year since the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban.

The Afghan woman who had to pay her son to accompany her on a work trip

Rushdie's agent says the author has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from the attack

Sir Salman Rushdie has ‘lost sight in one eye and use of hand’ in attack

Kyiv residents pass the time in an underground metro station during an air raid alarm. Increased air alarms are becoming more commonplace with the recent drone strikes hitting the capital city.

Iranian military personnel ‘on the ground’ in Ukraine

St Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine. Recent Russian attacks around Kyiv and across Ukraine have targeted power plants, killing civilians and employees of the key infrastructure.

Russia to increase targeting of Ukraine infrastructure

This image obtained from the Iranian news agency IRNA on October 16, 2022, shows damage caused by a fire outside the building of the Evin prison, in the northwest of the Iranian capital Tehran.

Flames extinguished after four inmates killed in Iran prison blaze

Protests against the Iranian regime, like this one in Tehran on Saturday, have been held across the country in recent weeks (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

As Iranians make bid for freedom, West must shut down mullahs’ propagandists

Protesters take to the streets of Iran's capital Tehran following the death of Mahsa Amini in 'morality police' custody (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

UK ministers' response to Iran’s crackdown on women-led protests has been woeful

A protester tears up his Iranian passport during a protest against Iran and the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini in Istanbul, Turkey.

Students trapped as Iran protests escalate

A picture obtained by AFP outside Iran shows Iranian demonstrators taking to the streets of the capital Tehran during a protest for Mahsa Amini, days after she died in police custody.

How a woman’s death in police custody has sparked bloody protests in Iran

Nasibe Samsaei, an Iranian woman living in Turkey, holds up her ponytail after cutting it off during a protest outside the Iranian consulate in Istanbul (Picture: Yasin Akgul/AFP via Getty Images)

Struan Stevenson: Fury over woman's death in morality police custody rocks Iran

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