World’s first book on Iranian hotels reveals the charming places you can stay in the country

The world’s first guide to hotels in Iran is out next month. And anyone who’s dubious about its contents, that it can’t surely showcase anything enticing, is in for a surprise. Persian Nights – Amazing Boutique Hotels & Guesthouses in Iran, published by teNeues (www.teneues.com), is authored by Thomas Wegmann, who travelled from the top to … Read more

Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert fights back against troll after release from Iranian jail

An Australian academic who spent 804 days in one of Iran’s toughest prisons on trumped-up spying charges has detailed abuse by an obsessive troll. Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who was released by Iran in a prisoner swap deal in November, was accused of being an Israeli agent several times by Tim Anderson, who was sacked by Sydney … Read more

Israeli cargo ship hit by ‘Iranian’ missile in Arabian Sea

Israeli cargo ship is hit by ‘Iranian’ missile in the Arabian Sea Israeli-owned cargo ship was struck by a missile in the Arabian Sea on Thursday  Security officials in Israel said they believed Iran was behind the attack The ship was on its way from Tanzania to India and was able to continue onward Ship … Read more

Israeli cargo ship is hit by ‘Iranian’ missile in the Arabian Sea 

Israeli cargo ship is hit by ‘Iranian’ missile in the Arabian Sea Israeli-owned cargo ship was struck by a missile in the Arabian Sea on Thursday  Security officials in Israel said they believed Iran was behind the attack The ship was on its way from Tanzania to India and was able to continue onward Ship … Read more

Nazanin husband’s anger as British embassy refuses to accompany her to Iranian court

British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is facing an anxious wait to learn whether she can leave Iran after her six-year prison ordeal following her trail today.  The 43-year-old mother was charged with ‘propaganda against the system’ and will have to wait for about a week before the judge decides whether she will be acquitted or … Read more

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe tells of her ‘traumatising’ five years of hell in Iranian jail

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has told of her five years of ‘traumatising’ torture in Iran for the first time. In a video interview with independent investigators, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 43, revealed she was threatened with execution and the torture of her family. She was also chained and forced to wear a blindfold in prison where she suffered sensory … Read more

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband and daughter, six, protest at Iranian embassy

Source: PA April 3 2016: The mother-of-one is detained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard at Imam Khomeini airport after a holiday visit to Iran where she showed her daughter Gabriella to her parents. July 12 2016: Richard Ratcliffe, her husband, delivers letters to Downing Street for outgoing prime minister David Cameron and his replacement Theresa … Read more

Chief negotiator and ‘true hero’ of the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege has died

The Metropolitan Police’s head negotiator who helped the SAS save the lives of 19 hostages during the Iranian Embassy siege of 1980 has died. Chief Superintendent Max Vernon was part of a six-man team charged with negotiating with six armed terrorists who besieged the diplomatic building in South Kensington, West London and took 26 people … Read more

Chief negotiator during 1980 Iranian Embassy siege dies

Chief negotiator during 1980 Iranian Embassy siege dies: Tributes are paid to Met Police superintendent Max Vernon who was hailed a ‘true hero’ for helping SAS save lives of 19 hostages By Jack Wright For Mailonline Published: 14:47 GMT, 14 February 2021 | Updated: 14:51 GMT, 14 February 2021 The Metropolitan Police’s head negotiator who … Read more

Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert ‘splits from husband because he had affair’ while she was in Iranian prison

A British-Australian academic who was held in solitary confinement in an Iranian prison for more than 800 days has split from her husband after allegedly discovering he had had an affair while she was behind bars. Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert, an Islamic studies scholar, was freed last November in a prisoner swap deal after spending 804 … Read more