Ambassadors from Saudi Arabia have been summoned by both the Dutch and Danish governments to hear protests about the activities of four dissident Iranian-Arabs who it is believed were spying for the kingdom. Three of these men were arrested in Denmark on 4 February, the fourth was arrested in the …
4 February: Iran has announced the death sentence for one of seventeen alleged CIA spies who were rounded up in July 2019. Amir Rahimpour, an Iranian national, was accused of passing intelligence about Iran’s nuclear programme to the CIA. Two other alleged spies, also Iranian nationals, were sentenced to terms …
Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, 62, was assassinated by the United States in a drone strike at Baghdad airport in the early hours of this morning. At least seven other personnel were also killed. Soleimani was widely regarded as the second most powerful figure in Iran. The White House said that …
Further to our story dated 23 June, the Iranian intelligence agency has now claimed that it has arrested seventeen CIA spies and sentenced some of them to death. No dates or names were given. It is not clear how many of these spies were arrested as a result of new …
The current crisis in the Strait of Hormuz between the UK and Iran has led to a number of criticisms of UK preparedness in the wake of the seizure of a UK flagged tanker, the Stena Impero. Admiral Lord West, the former First Sea Lord, has accused the UK government …