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The UK, France and Germany say they have imposed fresh sanctions on Iran for supplying Russia with ballistic missiles for use in Ukraine, including restrictions on national carrier Iran Air’s ability to fly to the UK and Europe.

The former prime minister is also under scrutiny for appointing ex-aide Charlotte Owen as Vice President, despite her lack of experience in the energy sector.

The Government says staff are ’working round the clock to plan for all scenarios to keep British nationals safe’ as tensions grow between Iran and Israel amid fears of an attack

Foreign minister’s rare visit to Tehran appears likely to fail given Iranian insistence on making a decisive response

The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week.

Hassan Nasrallah calls for revenge at funeral of Fuad Shukr as does Iranian president at funeral of Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh

While Hamas’s capacity to retaliate is diminished, response could come from axis of militias backed by Iran

Emergency responders had to be called as the jet engine caught fire after the horror incident

Victory reflects deep dissatisfaction with direction of country and could bring greater cooperation with west

Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah prompted the US to launch diplomatic efforts to prevent a full-scale war in the region.

No army in the world has more experience combatting Iranian drones than that of Ukraine, which has been dealing with them for over two years.

Ukraine says satellite pictures show the destruction of a Russian warehouse used to launch Iranian-made drones and to train cadets.

Public discussions following Vladimir Putin’s May visit to China largely focused on exports of obscure tubers and beef cartilage to Beijing.

The death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on May 19 has raised unexpected questions for the country’s reigning establishment.

He was one of the most enthusiastic proponents of the Hijab and Chastity Bill, which imposed specific regulations on the legal dress of Iranian women, and is said to have drafted the majority of its articles.

Iranian leader Ali Khamenei has scrambled to assure his country that its warped regime will continue as normal following the death of president Ebrahim Raisi.

A Royal Navy destroyer has shot down a missile fired by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen.

Britain on Thursday announced new sanctions targeting Iran’s military drone industry, in response to Iran’s drone and missile attack on Israel earlier this month.

Tit-for-tat attacks have breached taboo of direct strikes on each other’s territory but Tehran has no ‘immediate’ plans to retaliate