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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Boris Johnson demands Iran’s ‘immediate release’ of charity worker

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Boris Johnson demands ‘immediate release’ of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe during phone call with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as PM says her ‘continued confinement remains completely unacceptable’ PM Boris Johnson spoke to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani this afternoon  Mr Johnson demanded the ‘immediate release’ of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe The PM said her ‘continued confinement remains completely unacceptable’  By … Read more

Inside Majara: Iran’s cartoon village overlooking the Persian Gulf from the island of Hormuz

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It’s black and white – these domes make for an eye-popping place to stay. There are around 200 of them, and they form a cartoonish holiday retreat overlooking the Persian Gulf on the Iranian island of Hormuz, with multi-coloured exteriors and interiors in shades of bright blue, yellow, red and green. Eighty-five guests can be … Read more

Inside Majara: Iran’s cartoon village overlooking the Persian Gulf from the island of Hormuz

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It’s black and white – these domes make for an eye-popping place to stay. There are around 200 of them, and they form a cartoonish holiday retreat overlooking the Persian Gulf on the Iranian island of Hormuz, with multi-coloured exteriors and interiors in shades of bright blue, yellow, red and green. Eighty-five guests can be … Read more

Pictured: Iran’s ever-burning ‘fiery mountain’ Tashkooh that locals use as a handy barbecue

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Pictured: The incredible ever-burning ‘fiery mountain’ that locals use as a handy barbecue The inferno hillside, called Tashkooh, is located in Iran’s Khuzestan province – near the city of Ramhormoz   The constant inferno is caused by natural gases combusting as they rise up and escape sulfur-rich soils Visitors are drawn to the hillside and … Read more

Iran’s Khamenei says US will be expelled from Iraq, Syria

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei says US troops will be expelled from Iraq and Syria because ‘even allies abhor the American leaders’ Americans will be expelled from Iraq and Syria, Iran’s leader said on Sunday Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei renewed Iran’s demand for U.S. troops to be withdrawn from the Middle East Iran almost got into … Read more

British-Iranian prisoner reveals coronavirus chaos inside Iran’s prisons

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A British-Iranian prisoner has revealed how soldiers are wearing worn out masks and no gloves as the Iranian prison system collapses into coronavirus chaos.  Anoosheh Ashoori, who is being held in Tehran on spying charges, also said no one checked his temperature when he was moved to a bedbug riddled ward in Evin prison without … Read more

Iran’s coronavirus death toll leaps to 54 as huge spike in cases brings total infected to 978

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Iran’s death toll from coronavirus has jumped by 11 in just a day, bringing the total number of people to have died from the deadly virus to 54.  Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur made the announcement on state TV today, as he confirmed the number of those infected has now reached 978.  He called on … Read more

Iran’s vice president and spokeswoman for 1979 hostage-takers infected with coronavirus 

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Iran’s vice president and spokeswoman for 1979 hostage-takers is infected with coronavirus, state media reveals Iranian spokeswoman for the 1979 hostage crisis is diagnosed with coronavirus Masoumeh Ebtekar, who is also a vice president, has reportedly been infected She was pictured near President Hassan Rouhani during Iranian cabinet meeting By Associated Press Published: 14:19 GMT, … Read more

Iran’s deputy health minister diagnosed with coronavirus

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Iran’s deputy health minister has tested positive for coronavirus amid a rapidly worsening outbreak in the Islamic republic today.  Iraj Harirchi was taken into quarantine just a day after sweating heavily at a press conference where he insisted that the outbreak was not as bad as feared.   The virus’s spread into the health ministry is … Read more