Iran

A technician works at the uranium conversion facility just outside the city of Isfahan, Iran (Vahid Salemi/AP)

Iran urges nuclear watchdog not to publish ‘unnecessary’ details on programme

January 17, 2021

Iran insists it does not want to develop a nuclear bomb (Vahid Salemi/AP)

UN watchdog confirms further Iranian breach of nuclear deal

January 14, 2021

A helicopter landing on the Makran logistics vessel during a navy drill (Iranian navy/AP)

Iran flexes military muscles amid tensions with US

January 13, 2021

The video mapping is projected on Tehran’s Azadi (freedom) tower to commemorate 176 victims of the Ukrainian flight during a municipal memorial marking the first anniversary (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

UK and four other countries demand justice from Iran over downed plane

January 8, 2021

Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

European nations urge Iran to reverse nuclear enrichment move

January 6, 2021

A seized South Korean-flagged tanker is escorted by Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats on the Persian Gulf (Tasnim news agency/AP)

Iran seizes oil tanker and enriches uranium amid mounting US tensions

January 4, 2021

A satellite image of the site of Iran’s underground Fordo nuclear site (Maxar Technologies/AP)

Iran tells inspectors it plans up to 20% enrichment at Fordo

January 2, 2021

Elaheh Rahimi embroiders at a workshop of Bavar charity in Tehran, Iran (Vahid Salemi/AP)

Iranian women’s group hopes to empower others by making face masks

December 29, 2020

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been detained in Iran since 2016 (Family/PA)

Britain ‘beginning to look weak by failing to protect Nazanin’ – Jeremy Hunt

December 29, 2020

The mountains are a popular location for hiking and climbing (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

Search for survivors ends after deadly avalanches in Iran

December 27, 2020

Bags containing bodies of mountaineers who died in the avalanches (Iran’s Red Crescent Society via AP)

Avalanches kill 10 in mountainous area near Iran’s capital

December 27, 2020