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Screen capture from video of Iran International journalist Pouria Zeraati, 2023. (YouTube)
June 6, 2026, 9:29 am
Two convicted over London stabbing of Iranian dissident journalist
Prosecutors say assault by Romanian nationals on Iran International news presenter Pouria Zeraati was proxy operation linked to Tehran aimed at silencing criticism of regime
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A undated handout picture released by the family of Craig and Lindsay Foreman through Britain's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in London on February 15, 2025, shows Craig and Lindsay Foreman posing for a selfie photograph at an unknown location. (Photo by Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office/AFP)
June 2, 2026, 8:33 pm
British couple held in Iran lose appeal against 10-year prison sentence
Tourists Craig and Lindsay Foreman have been held on espionage charges since January 2025; family say they weren’t allowed to attend their own appeal hearing
By Reuters
Police officers stand on duty at a cordon near the Finchley Reform Synagogue, in the North Finchley area of north London, on April 15, 2026, following an attack on the synagogue in the early hours of the morning. (Toby Shepheard / AFP)
April 28, 2026, 5:43 pm
London memorial for victims of Iran regime, Oct. 7 targeted in suspected arson attack
Solidarity wall in Golders Green, a heavily Jewish area, was set up in 2023, expanded after Tehran’s deadly crackdown on protests; Iran’s embassy in UK said to recruit would-be ‘martyrs’
By Stav Levaton and Agencies
A handout picture made available by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him (C) visiting an exhibition of the country's nuclear industry achievements in Tehran, on June 11, 2023, accompanied by the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami (R) (KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)
September 15, 2023, 2:47 pm
Iran rails at EU and UK for maintaining sanctions set to expire under nuclear deal
Tehran accuses bloc and 2015 agreement’s European signatories of having ‘malicious intentions,’ as Britain says sanctions to remain due to ‘continued Iranian non-compliance’
By AFP
British-Iranian women take part in a demonstration opposite the Houses of Parliament in central London on November 19, 2022, ahead of Iran's fixture against England in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.(ISABEL INFANTES / AFP)
November 24, 2022, 12:39 pm
Report: Iranian-Briton arrested for tipping off media about Mahsa Amini protests
Regime-controlled Fars News says detainee was ‘a source for hostile television channels,’ including BBC, and ‘incited civil disobedience and rioting’
By AFP
A view of Tehran's skyline (YouTube screen capture)
October 1, 2019, 7:08 pm
Iran convicts 4 of spying for US and Britain, sentences one to death
Verdict against man accused of working for US intelligence service is expected to be debated in supreme court; three others sentenced to 10 years in jail each
By AFP
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a statement outside 10 Downing Street in central London on September 2, 2019 (Ben STANSALL / AFP)
September 23, 2019, 10:12 am
Boris Johnson says Iran responsible for attack on Saudi oil facilities
British premier considering taking part in US-led military effort to bolster Gulf kingdom’s security even as he promises to help ‘deescalate’ tensions in the region
By Jill Lawless
The Grace 1 super tanker, suspected of carrying Iranian crude oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions, in the British territory of Gibraltar after it was detained, July 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno)
August 13, 2019, 2:44 pm
Iran claims UK will soon free supertanker seized off Gibraltar
Grace 1 remains impounded after being seized by the Royal Navy on suspicion of delivering oil to Syria
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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