Blog posts tagged "Iran"

February 21, 2012 11:16 am No Comments

John Sparks on developments in Thailand's international terrorism saga.

February 17, 2012 8:34 am No Comments

Thailand's politicians are struggling to explain to its public why it unwittingly played host to a botched bombing, writes Jon Sparks.

January 27, 2012 8:11 pm 1 Comment

A defector from the Syrian MOD tells Channel 4 News that the country's spending on defence has surged since the uprising - and alleges that the answer could be turning to Iran for financial help.

4:54 pm 3 Comments

Chjannel 4 News International Editor Lindlsey Hilsum blogs on Youtube footage that appears to prove that Iran is sending Revolutionary Guards to fight in Syria.

January 23, 2012 12:55 pm 4 Comments

It's all brinkmanship, and goes to prove how the volatile politics of the Middle East affects all of our lives, writes Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum.

November 30, 2011 8:02 pm 2 Comments

International editor Lindsey Hilsum on the historic past of the Tehran ambassador's residence that came under attack yesterday.

November 16, 2011 1:08 pm No Comments

MI6 in particular has suffered some hard reputational knocks and doesn't like it. Mr Hague is trying to shape the debate about it in the media, by giving those who write and comment on it a better idea of how it works, as Jonathan Rugman reports.

December 31, 2010 1:30 pm 1 Comment

No-one asked me to recommend my Books of the Year, but I’m going to tell you anyway! I've chosen four books on countries which I've reported from, blogs Lindsey Hilsum.

December 6, 2010 5:05 pm 1 Comment

European diplomats say that after a year of dilly-dallying and shilly-shallying, the Iranians have agreed to spend two days in Geneva discussing their nuclear programme. The Iranian government has a different idea.

December 1, 2010 9:04 pm No Comments

The footballer, his wife and his mistress… a story of love, murder and the Iranian legal system. Nasser Mohammadkhani was a striker for Persepolis, a popular football team. Like many Iranian men, he set up a second home with a "temporary wife" – a mistress, in other words. But in October 2002, while he was away playing in Germany, someone stabbed his wife, Laleh Saharkaniz, to death. The prime suspect was Shahla Jahed, his mistress.