Iran

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said the Iranian tanker detained by Royal Marines near Gibraltar could be released, if the UK is guaranteed the oil is not bound for Syria.more

The UK has brought forward plans to send a second warship to the Gulf amid rising tensions with Iran.more

The decision means Tehran is scaling back its commitments to the nuclear accord which had kept the enrichment level at 3.67%.more

President Donald Trump used Twitter Saturday to take the media to task for "incorrectly reporting" the details surrounded a planned military strike on Iran earlier this week.more

International airlines have started to alter course around Iranian airspace following the shooting down of a US military drone in the Gulf. British Airways, Qantas, Lufthansa and KLM were among the carriers that said they were choosing to reroute flights.more

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has put pressure on Iran in an attempt to ensure that the country will allow female football fans to attend matches in the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, according to a letter sent to the Iranian Football Federation and seen by AFP.more

Donald Trump approved but then scrapped strikes against Iranian targets on Thursday, according to reports, after Iran shot down a US drone in what the president termed a "big mistake."more

More than half of Americans believe the US will go to war with Iran "within the next few years," according to a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll. Fewer than 40% approve of President Donald Trump's handling of the crisis.more

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday said it was "utterly shocking" that Iran had sentenced a British Council employee, believed to be Aras Amiri, to 10 years in prison for spying.more

Iran' judiciary says an Iranian national has been sentenced to 10 years on charges of spying for Britain.more

The UK is extremely concerned about Iran's statement about the suspension of certain obligations of the nuclear agreement, the spokesman of the British prime minister said. He called on the Tehran authorities not to take steps to intensify the conflict.more

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani signed a bill into law on Tuesday declaring all U.S. forces in the Middle East terrorists and calling the U.S. government a sponsor of terrorism.more

An airliner caught fire on landing at Tehran's Mehrabad airport on Tuesday but all 100 passengers were evacuated without injury, the head of Iran's emergency department said on state television.more

Iran has criticised Britain for its decision to list Hezbollah's political wing as a terrorist organisation, saying on Saturday that it ignored both the will of a large portion of the Lebanese people and the group's role in fighting Islamic State.more

The Iranian newspaper Tehran Times criticizes the fact that Poland and the US co-organize the upcoming Middle East conference in February, assessing that this "betrayal" by the Polish authorities will never be forgotten by the Iranians.more

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has returned to prison in Iran voluntarily following a three-day release, her husband says.more

The British newspaper The Times estimated that new US sanctions against Iran are aimed at "punishing Tehran for the bloody destabilization of the Middle East" and "underline the corruption of the regime." "Iran is in trouble" - noted.more

Donald Trump warned European companies that they would face secondary sanctions if they violated US restrictions on doing business with Tehran following Washington's move to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal.more

Theresa May has challenged Donald Trump on the impact of sanctions against Iran which will affect UK firms doing business there, amid a growing European backlash. In a phone call dominated by Iran, the Prime Minister and President agreed to hold talks between the UK and US governments on the effect of sanctions on British companies.more

The Times reported that the British government is analyzing the possibility of limiting the influence of US sanctions on Iran to European companies by using the EU regulation blocking the extraterritorial effect of legal instruments of third countries.more

European powers pledged their continued support for the Iran nuclear deal.more

A BRITISH professor is being held for unknown charges in Tehran by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard, according to a human rights group. Anti-war activist Abbas Edalat was arrested on April 15, the Centre for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said.more

As he prepares for possible talks with the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un about controlling the North's nuclear weapons program, President Trump is facing his most complicated national security challenge so far. He has made the task far harder by threatening to blow up the only other recent deal to control a nuclear program, with Iran.more

Britain's foreign minister Boris Johnson on Monday called for Iran to engage in meaningful debate about issues raised by protesters which he said were "legitimate and important", as the worst wave of unrest in almost a decade in the Middle Eastern country continued.more

The Foreign Secretary is expected to meet Iran's president after expressing concerns for a jailed British-Iranian dual national.more