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UK Foreign Secretary addressing FCDO colleagues in Durbar Court as Britain backs US Sanctions Iran Trade Partners now face United States

Iran sanctions hit patients, not Tehran

A US threat to punish any country trading with Iran falls hardest on Iranian patients and Gulf-region workers, as…

26 August 2026
Donald Trump speaks and gestures with papers at a lectern in the White House press briefing room, amid his Trump bomb Oman threat over Iran shipping deal. United States

Trump threatens to bomb Oman

Trump threatened to bomb Oman, the Gulf state that brokered the ceasefire ending the Iran war, over a shipping deal…

18 August 2026
A US Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber parked on the flightline at Diego Garcia at night between combat missions. Middle East

Britain helps fly the war on Iran

A US bombing campaign killing Iranian civilians is being flown in part from two British bases, with no Commons vote and…

19 July 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, architect of US economic sanctions coercion doctrine, stands with Congressman Byron Donalds in a congressional hearing room, May 2025. World

564,258 die yearly as Treasury calls it statecraft

Peer-reviewed research puts sanctions deaths at 564,258 a year; Scott Bessent gave the machine behind that toll a new…

18 July 2026
Crowd holds signs reading 'Stop the Palestinian Genocide,' 'Free Palestine' and 'Right of Return Now' at a rally after news the Iran cancer hospital evacuated patients. Middle East

US strikes evacuate 211 cancer patients from Ahvaz Hospital

US strikes beside Iran's Shahid Baqaei children's cancer hospital in Ahvaz forced 211 chemotherapy patients onto…

18 July 2026
Aerial view of Diego Garcia atoll in the Indian Ocean, a base tied to Israel Iran war involvement, showing its lagoon, reef, and airstrip. Middle East

Israel seeks to join Iran bombing that killed 35

US strikes have killed dozens of Iranian civilians this month; Israel is lobbying to join in while British bases keep…

17 July 2026
Yvette Cooper, who defended RAF strikes Iran in her Commons statement, smiling in an official cabinet portrait, wearing a maroon jacket against a grey backdrop. UK

Fourteen dead from RAF-joined Iran strikes

Cooper told MPs the RAF flew 115 combat missions in Iran as the ceasefire collapsed and British food prices climbed.

16 July 2026
NASA satellite true-color image of the Persian Gulf, showing sediment and cloud patterns over the water amid the Iran energy exports threat. Middle East

Iran threatens Middle East oil halt over US blockade

Iran threatens to halt Middle East energy exports after US strikes killed 35 civilians and broke a ceasefire British…

16 July 2026
Waterfalls cascade through the ancient stone channels of the Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System in Khuzestan, Iran, as the US state department gutted policy leaves a vacuum. United States

US missile kills water worker amid gutted state department

A US missile killed an Iranian irrigation worker this week, in the same seven days Washington's gutted state department…

14 July 2026
Two women lean on a ship's railing near Irish, Cypriot, UK and Palestinian flags, port cranes behind them, as the Strait Hormuz Iran oil Britain standoff plays out. Middle East

Iranian fishermen killed as Trump tears up Iran ceasefire

Iranian fishermen were killed as Washington tore up its ceasefire, and the Hormuz standoff triggered by the escalation…

14 July 2026
Rescue workers search rubble of the collapsed Shajareh Tayyebeh school building in Minab, Iran. United States

120 Iranian children killed after Pentagon bypassed targeting warnings

US commanders bypassed warnings that intelligence was outdated before a Tomahawk killed 120 children at an Iranian…

10 July 2026
Two diesel locomotives haul a flask-carrying wagon across a coastal railway viaduct with hills behind. Middle East

US bombing hits Bushehr reactor perimeter

A firefighter died and Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant was hit as the US resumed bombing, tearing up a ceasefire signed…

10 July 2026
Palestine Action and Youth Demand activists march through central London holding Ceasefire Now and Free Palestine placards. UK

3,300 Palestine arrests foreshadow Home Secretary’s new 14-year power

The National Security Bill clears Parliament naming Iran as its target, but the arrest data shows who these powers…

10 July 2026
A huge crowd of Shia mourners, millions mourning Leader Khamenei, march along the Najaf-Karbala route carrying an Iranian flag and black mourning banners. Middle East

US strikes kill 14 as millions mourn Ayatollah

While millions mourned Ayatollah Khamenei across Iran and Iraq, US strikes killed 14 more Iranians and hit the rail…

9 July 2026
Senior Shia cleric surrounded by mourners, security officers and camera crews at an Iranian memorial gathering. United States

Firefighter killed as US bombs Iran

US strikes killed a firefighter and Iranian servicemen this week after Washington scrapped its own truce and pulled…

9 July 2026
Netanyahu's own spies reject destruction claim Middle East

Netanyahu’s own spies reject destruction claim

Israeli intelligence refused to back Netanyahu's claim that Iran's nuclear programme was destroyed, a new report…

5 July 2026
US Tomahawk killed 120 Iranian schoolchildren Middle East

US Tomahawk killed 120 Iranian schoolchildren

Iran's funeral for Khamenei draws millions as evidence mounts that Washington's assassination gamble killed diplomacy…

4 July 2026
As millions mourned Khamenei, Israel hunted the negotiators Middle East

As millions mourned Khamenei, Israel hunted the negotiators

Israel plotted to kill Iran's peace negotiators mid-talks as millions mourned Ali Khamenei, a war Washington still…

4 July 2026
Trump says US-Iran peace deal is largely done Middle East

Trump says US-Iran peace deal is largely done

Trump announces a US-Iran peace deal is largely negotiated, signalling a potential end to decades of conflict. No terms…

25 May 2026