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Oscar-nominated screenwriter arrested in Iran for criticising brutal crackdown on protesters

Mehdi Mahmoudian signed a letter condemning the ‘mass killings’ by the Iranian government

The Independent UK

BBC staff in London say their families are being ‘terrorised and punished’ by Iranian regime

BBC says ‘sharp and deeply troubling escalation’ this year of Iran targeting families of UK-based BBC Persian journalists

The Guardian - UK

Iran accused of threatening ‘terrified’ BBC staff in London

Journalists at BBC Persian says they are scared to go out alone as UK counter-terrorism police raise security levels and staff warned: ‘we can do whatever we want in London’

The Guardian - UK

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UN fact-finding mission on Iran to investigate threats to BBC journalists

The mission was set up by the UN Human Rights Council to look at ‘the deteriorating situation of human rights in Iran’.

The Independent UK

Human rights campaigners hit out at Iran’s execution of Alireza Akbari

Amnesty International UK condemned Iran for having ‘pitifully little respect’ for the right to life.

The Independent UK

Iran executes British-Iranian accused of spying, UK prime minister condemns 'barbaric' act

Iran executes a British-Iranian national who once served as its deputy defence minister, its judiciary says, defying calls from London for his release after he was handed the death sentence on charges of spying for Britain.

ABC News

UK sanctions Iran’s chief prosecutor after execution of British-Iranian national

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the prosecutor general was ‘at the heart of Iran’s use of the death penalty’.

The Independent UK

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Rishi Sunak condemns ‘cowardly’ execution of British-Iranian Alireza Akbari - OLD

Tehran’s state media announced on Saturday that the former Iranian defence minister had been put to death.

The Independent UK

British-Iranian national accused of being a spy executed in Iran

Following the news, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak condemmed the ‘callous and cowardly act’ by the Iranian regime

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak calls Iran's 'barbaric' execution of Brit national 'callous and cowardly'

The execution of British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari on trumped up charges of corruption and espionage came after Foreign Secretary James Cleverly appealed to the Iranian regime not to proceed

Daily Mirror

Alireza Akbari: The British-Iranian Executed by Tehran

Iran has executed British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported on Saturday, after sentencing the former Iranian deputy defense minister to death on charges of spying for Britain. Here are some details about Akbari and his case: - He served as deputy defense minister when Ali Shamkhani…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Factbox-Alireza Akbari: the British-Iranian executed by Tehran

Iran has executed British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported on Saturday, after sentencing the former Iranian deputy defence minister to death on charges of spying for Britain.

Reuters

Why is Iran designating UK-based TV channels as ‘terrorists’?

Tehran blames the channels and their hosts and backers for what it considers ‘inciting terrorist acts’ on Iranian soil.

Al Jazeera

Iranian Climber Goes Missing after Competing without Headscarf

The fate of Elnaz Rekabi, an Iranian sport climber who competed at the Asian Championships without a headscarf last Sunday, remains the concern of many since she disappeared two days after participating in the tournament in South Korea. Tehran later said Rekabi was on her way to return to Iran…

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The Independent UK

Iran's Elnaz Rekabi, who competed without hijab, in Tehran

Iranian competitive climber Elna Rekabi has received a hero’s welcome on her return to Tehran

WEKU

Worry grows for a female Iranian athlete who climbed without a hijab

An Iranian female competitive climber left South Korea on Tuesday after competing at an event in which she climbed without her nation's mandatory headscarf covering.

The Independent UK

Worry grows for Iran woman athlete who climbed without hijab

An Iranian female competitive climber has left South Korea after competing at an event in which she climbed without her nation’s mandatory headscarf covering

Irish Mirror

Fears growing for Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi after she competed without hijab

The decision by Elnaz Rekabi to forgo the hijab came as protests sparked by the death in custody of a 22-year-old woman have entered a fifth week

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The Independent UK

BBC to cut hundreds of jobs across World Service with radio stations to close

More than 300 jobs to be slashed under the plans

Evening Standard

Nearly 400 job cuts announced at BBC World Service

The BBC Arabic and BBC Persian radios will also close

Evening Standard

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe cut her hair in solidarity with protesters in Iran

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has filmed herself cutting her hair in solidarity with protesters in Iran after the death of Mahsa Amini. Protests are continuing after 22-year-old Ms Amini died in police custody after allegedly breaching rules that require women to cover their hair with a hijab. British-Iranian Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who spent…

France 24

How a video taken out of context made Hadis Najafi a symbol of repression in Iran

Since Sunday 25 September, dozens of international media outlets have shared a video of an Iranian woman tying up her hair before confronting the police, claiming it was Hadis Najafi, shortly before she was killed. However, the video does not show Hadis Najafi, but a different woman who lost her…

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