UK

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  • Thousands vent anger on streets of London over 2022-06-19 18:00

    Thousands vent anger on streets of London over

    Thousands of people from all walks of life have marched through the British capital London amid mounting public anger at the government’s response to the rising cost of the living crisis.

  • Khatibzadeh 2022-06-15 20:56

    ‘Refugees have rights that must be respected under Convention 1951’

    Iran says deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda is shame for Britain

    TEHRAN- The forcible repatriation of asylum seekers, including a few Iranians, from the United Kingdom to Rwanda has been described as a historical shame for London, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson.

  • Nicola Sturgeon 2022-06-15 18:33

    Campaign for Scotland’s independence from UK launched 

    The Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has pledged to deliver on her party’s “electoral mandate” arguing she won last May's election with a "clear commitment to give the people of Scotland the choice of becoming an independent country"

  • UK Judiciary okays “unethical” Rwanda refugee policy  2022-06-15 12:15

    UK Judiciary okays “unethical” Rwanda refugee policy 

    The Court of Appeal in London has given the green light for the British government to start the first flight for asylum seekers to be sent to Rwanda in a controversial immigration policy that has drawn the wrath of the United Nations, rights organizations and the Church of England.

  • UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson 2022-06-08 11:37

    Johnson narrowly wins confidence vote as rebellion emerges 

    The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has narrowly survived a vote of confidence by his own conservative party MPs, but the results show he has suffered a significant rebellion within the ruling party.

  • Boris Johnson 2022-06-01 18:03

    Johnson bracing for vote of no confidence 

    The flow of Conservative party MPs publicly calling for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign is gathering pace.

  • Rishi Sunak 2022-05-24 10:50

    UK Chancellor joins rich list as Brits face “tough” months ahead

    As Britons suffer from record inflation levels, the British Chancellor in charge of limiting the effects of skyrocketing prices of food items and other services has been ranked amongst the UK’s most wealthiest.

  • EU-UK 2022-05-18 18:50

    EU-UK trade war looms as London seeks Brexit changes 

    The British government’s plan to take unilateral action and change the post-Brexit deal sparks anger and threats from the European Union.

  • Boris Johnson 2022-05-06 17:51

    UK PM braces for bruising local elections 

    Vote counting is about to end in the United Kingdom’s local elections with early results shedding an interesting insight about the political future of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and how his closest opposition party leader Keir Starmer will fare in the upcoming race for Downing Street.  

  • UK rationing cooking oil amid supply crisis 2022-04-25 11:49

    UK rationing cooking oil amid supply crisis

    Supermarkets in the United Kingdom have started rationing how much cooking oil each customer is allowed to purchase amid shortages that have been made worse by the conflict in Ukraine.

  • Gharibabadi 2022-04-20 22:18

    Iran criticizes UK intention to deport migrants to Rwanda

    “The UK’s dark human rights record speaks for itself”

    TEHRAN - The secretary of Iran’s High Council for Human Rights and deputy chief of the Iranian Judiciary has condemned the United Kingdom's decision to transfer asylum seekers to Rwanda.

  • UK plan for asylum seekers “cruel” and “inhumane” 2022-04-15 18:11

    UK plan for asylum seekers “cruel” and “inhumane”

    Under a new British government scheme, thousands of asylum seekers who cross the English Channel on small boats will be detained and flown more than 6,500 kilometers on one-way tickets to the African country of Rwanda.

  • 50% of UK Muslims struggle for food during Ramadan 2022-04-06 18:42

    50% of UK Muslims struggle for food during Ramadan

  • 50% of UK Muslims struggle for food during Ramadan 2022-04-05 18:10

    50% of UK Muslims struggle for food during Ramadan

    TEHRAN- A UK Islamic charity group says half of all Muslim households in the country do not have enough money to eat after fasting every day during the holy month of Ramadan this year. 

  • Khatibzadeh 2022-04-02 20:54

    Iran defies Human Rights Council resolution

    TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh on Friday dismissed the Human Rights Council resolution on the human rights situation in Iran as totally unacceptable and illegal.

  • Nasrallah 2022-03-11 12:52

    Nasrallah: “U.S., UK pushed Ukraine to war”

    TEHRAN- The Secretary-General of Hezbollah says "the United States and Britain pushed Ukraine into war," as Washington ditches it’s plan to send Polish fighter jets to Ukraine after Warsaw finally agreed to the idea. 

  • Record number of workers  leaving England’s national health service  2022-02-27 21:46

    Record number of workers  leaving England’s national health service 

    TEHRAN- New research has shown a record of more than 400 workers are leaving England’s National Health Service (NHS) every week, over the past year, amid complaints of burnout and post-traumatic stress disorder. 

  • UK food poverty 2022-02-08 17:48

    UK food poverty: “worst still to come”

    TEHRAN- Different organizations in Britain are sounding the alarm about rising poverty in the UK amid the increasing costs of living which are being fueled primarily by food inflation and skyrocketing energy prices.

  • Boris Johnson 2022-02-05 17:46

    Fresh wave of Tories tell UK Premier to leave 

    TEHRAN- More Tory rebel MPs angry with the scandal-hit British Prime Minister have publicly called on Boris Johnson to resign from his post. 

  • Boris Johnson 2022-02-02 09:41

    Fury at UK PM as focus shifts to met police probe

    TEHRAN- The former British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has led the chorus of outrage directed at her successor  Boris Johnson.

  • UK to scrap COVID test for fully-vaccinated Iranian travelers 2022-01-28 21:23

    UK to scrap COVID test for fully-vaccinated Iranian travelers

    TEHRAN – The British government is to scrap COVID-19 testing requirements for travelers from Iran and some other countries arriving in England or Scotland.

  • UK first European country to pass 150,000 covid deaths  2022-01-10 12:04

    UK first European country to pass 150,000 covid deaths 

    TEHRAN- Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, more than 150,000 people have died in the UK; that according to government figures.

  • Tony Blair 2022-01-09 10:20

    Blair’s knighthood triggers public outrage

    TEHRAN- More than one million people have signed a petition calling for former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair to have his controversial knighthood removed with the number rising literally by the minute.

  • Mohsen Baharvand 2021-12-25 22:14

    UK spreading misinformation: Iranian ambassador

    TEHRAN - The Iranian ambassador to London said on Friday that the United Kingdom is spreading misinformation about the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231, which confirms the 2015 nuclear program.

  • Veep 2021-12-25 18:42

    British anger at Iran ballistic missiles understandable: Veep

    TEHRAN – Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, Iran’s vice president for parliamentary affairs, has reacted to a British statement criticizing missiles firing by Iran during a massive military drill. 

  • Will Britain’s PM resign as scandals rise? 2021-12-13 18:12

    Will Britain’s PM resign as scandals rise?

    TEHRAN - It’s not going too well for the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. According to the latest opinion polls, his popularity has fallen to its lowest level since he took over as the country's leader. A YouGov suggests Johnson's net favorability level stands at -42, down 11 points since mid-November. And it follows a series of what appears like never-ending scandals.

  • Baharvand 2021-12-11 21:40

    Ambassador says UK in 'discussions' over paying decades-old debt to Iran

    TEHRAN-- British officials visited Iran last week to discuss ways of paying the United Kingdom’s decades-old debt to Iran, which Tehran’s envoy to London said is held up by U.S. sanctions.

  • Sold! Iranian treasures went under the hammer in London auction 2021-12-11 21:35

    By Afshin Majlesi

    Sold! Iranian treasures went under the hammer in London auction

    TEHRAN – On December 8, two majestic royal gold plaques among other ancient Iranian treasures went under the hammer for hundreds of thousands of pounds at Christie’s in London.

  • Assange 2021-12-10 22:03

    Democracy died in darkness

    TEHRAN — According to a ruling made on Friday, the U.S. government has won an appeal in London's High Court, bringing Assange, the 50-year-old founder of Wikileaks, one step closer to being extradited from Britain to the U.S.

  • Bagheri Kani 2021-12-07 21:31

    How should U.S. pay for its unilateralism?

    Vienna talks great opportunity for Europe

    TEHRAN- Just as Europe failed to take an independent position after Trump's departure from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), it is not also willing to define an identity independent of the United States through a historic decision in the process of the Vienna negotiations.