Blog posts tagged "Iran"

November 28, 2011 8:17 am 17 Comments

Jon ponders the future of Britain's centuries-old relationship with Iran.

May 24, 2011 4:12 pm 24 Comments

"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."

April 18, 2011 10:09 am 16 Comments

Has a 2,500-year-old Babylonian relic sparked a move towards secularism in Iran, asks Jon Snow.

December 1, 2010 2:57 pm 30 Comments

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.

September 22, 2010 7:42 am 25 Comments

Jon Snow blogs on Twitter and email spam attacks - and how they often achieve the opposite of what they intend.

June 18, 2010 9:12 am 14 Comments

A year ago he was in the notorious Evin jail in Tehran being subjected to repeated torture and false confessions.

May 19, 2010 9:41 am 38 Comments

Amid the thrill of the "new politics", is there the slightest possibility of any UK "new thinking" about Iran? asks Jon Snow.

March 8, 2010 8:49 am 36 Comments

Put simply, he’s in Israel to try to dissuade the Israelis from bombing Iran. There remains a strong thread of opinion inside the Israeli cabinet that argues that Iran is building a nuclear bomb and needs to be stopped in its tracks. Reportedly, Israel does not have a supply of the American developed deep bunker [...]

February 11, 2010 11:45 am 42 Comments

Iran blog: thirty-one years on, Jon Snow recalls the hunt for the elusive Caspian sea golf balls and the day he was "in on a moment of modern history".

February 9, 2010 10:03 am 19 Comments

Jon Snow argues that drenching Iran with supply will terrify agents of repression far more than sanctions.