The Saudis in the eye of the beholder
With the war in Mali and killings at a BP oil plant in the Algerian desert, where is the funding for Islamist militants coming from?
Posts tagged with 'Iran'
New year, new world order?
2013 is likely to be lucky for some countries but filled with foreboding for others – will this be a year in which the world order takes another shunt?
Channel 4 News: 30 years on
Jon Snow looks back on 30 years of news, trouble and love that have shaped Channel 4 News since it first launched in 1982.
Iran and Ban Ki-moon’s intriguing independence
Should we despair of, or praise, Ban Ki-Moon’s courageous independence in this moment of burgeoning tension?
Iran’s looming break with Britain
Jon ponders the future of Britain’s centuries-old relationship with Iran.
An insight into Saudi repression of women – the driving ban
“Now this Saudi woman is in jail for doing what? Yes you read it right, getting behind the wheel of a car and, as a woman, driving the thing.”
The Persian relic that divides Iran’s leaders
Has a 2,500-year-old Babylonian relic sparked a move towards secularism in Iran, asks Jon Snow.
Saudi call for Iran bombing – just the tip of the iceberg?
Of all the competing Wiki-leaks, the one about which least is likely to attract much further attention is that which allegedly stems from the Saudi King.
Spam attacks get everywhere
Jon Snow blogs on Twitter and email spam attacks – and how they often achieve the opposite of what they intend.
My Iranian friend
A year ago he was in the notorious Evin jail in Tehran being subjected to repeated torture and false confessions.
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