Saeed Kamali Dehghan

Iran faces more punitive measures against banking and energy sectors as EU tries to close loopholes over nuclear programmeThe EU has tightened its sanctions against Iran by imposing stricter measures targeting the country's banking, trade and energy se...
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: attack on 'evil embassy' only played into the hands of the enemyIran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has finally given his verdict on the last year's storming of the British embassy in Tehran, saying it "was not right"...
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Restrictions by Iranian authorities on its athletes mean they cannot leave Olympic venues freely or speak to foreign mediaSaeed Kamali Dehghan
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Two people previously lashed 160 times for consuming alcohol, which is forbidden under Islamic Sharia lawTwo Iranians have been sentenced to death for persistent consumption of alcohol under the country's Islamic Sharia law, which forbids the use, manu...
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Deputy chief of Iranian armed forces says regime 'will act without waiting for enemies' actions' if national interests are put at riskIran has stepped up its rhetoric with the west by warning that it could launch pre-emptive action if its enemies put t...
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Foreign secretary William Hague says website has been added to long list of those censored by Iranian authoritiesIran has blocked access to the website of the British embassy in Tehran following a diplomatic crisis last month that led to the closure of...
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Move comes two days after US and Britain impose economic sanctions over Iran's disputed nuclear programmeThe Iranian parliament has retaliated against western economic sanctions imposed on the Islamic republic by approving a bill to reduce Tehran's dip...
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Human rights campaigner writes to foreign secretary over fears for gay people's safety in Commonwealth countriesThe campaigner Peter Tatchell is pressing the foreign secretary, William Hague, to raise the issue of gay rights at a meeting of Commonwealt...
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Head of global news at BBC says Iranian officials are targeting around 10 of channel's staff with campaign of intimidationIran has arrested, questioned and intimidated relatives of journalists working for the London-based BBC Persian Television in its ...
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Days after men executed in Iran for homosexuality, activists from around the world come together to lobby for changeAn international pressure group is to be launched in Britain on Tuesday to tackle the rise in homophobic violence around the world, with...
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Pictures portraying riots as anti-royal revolt include images from 2008 Notting Hill Carnival, the miners strike and even ChileIranian media affiliated to the Islamic regime have been accused of using library images from different times and locations i...
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad condemns British government for its 'brutal beating' of 'the opposition'Having already offered to send an expert team to investigate human rights abuses amid the riots, the Iranian regime has gone one step further and call...
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Tehran urges British authorities to exercise restraint and accuses government of double standards over human rightsIran has called on the British government to "restrain" the police and stop the "violent treatment" of rioters.The foreign ministry spoke...
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William Hague announces travel restrictions on people involved with Iran's nuclear programme or human rights violationsBritain, the US and Canada have approved a new round of travel restrictions targeting the Iranian regime, including members of the ju...
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Culture minister says country will take serious action over films that 'ruin Muslims' sanctity'Iran's minister of cultural and Islamic guidance has attacked an upcoming BBC2 documentary series on the life of the founder of Islam, the prophet Muhammad, ...
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