All news on the topic: Iran

Britain’s economy could be sent into a recession next year if the crucial Strait of Hormuz remains closed into 2027 amid a prolonged Iran war, according to a report.

UK drivers have stolen almost £200,000 of fuel from petrol stations on average every day since the Iran war broke out and sent prices soaring, according to industry analysis.

Texas-based Iranian filmmaker Mazyar Mahan’s ‘Exile Echoes’ won awards across multiple film festivals in 2025, by far his most successful release to date. The film features Iranian women recounting tales of resistance and escape from repression by Iran’s morality police over sepia-tinted montages.

Motorists in the UK are warned petrol prices are likely to hit 160p per litre from Friday, a new record since the start of the Iran war.

Yemeni sources say Saudis concentrating forces for what could be attack in central Yemen

Last year was the deadliest for antisemitic attacks outside of Israel in more than 30 years, according to a new report, with 20 people being killed in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

At least 1,500 protest after six men on drug-related charges put in solitary confinement before possible execution

The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned the sister and “significant other” of Iranian tycoon Babak Zanjani, targeting a network of crypto exchanges and global companies accused of laundering funds for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Gianni Infantino has accused World Cup critics of “spreading hate and false rumours” in a lengthy open letter attempting to justify FIFA’s handling of the event.

Britain and its NATO allies face a direct challenge from Vladimir Putin ’within months’ to test Andy Burnham’s new government and Donald Trump’s focus on Iran, UK intelligence sources have warned.

Iran flew Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders, military advisers and missile- and drone-related equipment into Yemen this month, according to four sources, in a move that suggests Tehran is seeking to strengthen the ability of its Houthi allies to threaten Red Sea shipping.

UK borrowing costs soared yesterday amid a global bond market rout sparked by a surge in the oil price back above $100.

Britain ‘stands ready 24/7 to defend itself’, the Government has said, after Iran threatened to strike a Royal Air Force base used by the US.

Saudi Arabia has signed a landmark civilian nuclear deal with the US aimed at pushing deeper ties between the two countries - but it has raised concerns about a nuclear arms race.

Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon has become a strategic dead end as its desire to guarantee its own security collides with the weakness of the Lebanese authorities. The government in Beirut is trying to use diplomacy to restore the Lebanese Armed Forces’ control over the territory.

Iranian drone attacks on CIA facilities in the Persian Gulf have prompted U.S. intelligence analysts to investigate whether Russia assisted by providing targeting information or advanced drone technology, said four people familiar with U.S. intelligence.

Washington’s Gulf Arab allies are increasingly frustrated as hostilities between the US and Iran intensify, jeopardizing their national security and economies.

The Pentagon faces an urgent budget shortfall caused largely by the war in Iran, with some critical lines of funding set to run out within weeks even as President Donald Trump escalates the conflict with Tehran, according to lawmakers and current and former U.S. officials.

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis will impose a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia, they said on Monday, further throttling a global energy market already greatly restricted by Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Dozens of US troops were wounded in three Iranian strikes in Jordan that the Pentagon kept quiet in the week before Friday’s attack that killed two American soldiers and left one missing.

The UK’s designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps took effect on July 17, creating a new criminal exposure for UK-linked people and businesses that receive or retain value supplied by or on behalf of the group.