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Staging coups in other countries ‘recurring elements’ of US, UK foreign policies: Iran
Aug 19, 2023 11:21Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says supporting dictators and organizing coup d'états in other countries are among the recurring themes of the foreign policies of the United States and United Kingdom.
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UK's MI6 spy agency formed Ukraine sabotage team for Africa deployment
Aug 17, 2023 06:38UK's foreign intelligence service, commonly known as MI6, has made preparations for a Ukrainian unit to be sent to Africa to carry out sabotage operations against Russia-linked targets, according to an unnamed military source, cited by the Russian media.
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Iran coup anniversary: Ex-UK top diplomat urges London to admit role
Aug 15, 2023 12:11The former British foreign secretary says London should finally acknowledge its role, along with the US, in the 1953 coup against the democratically-elected government of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh.
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UK envoy under fire for calling Shiraz terrorist attack ‘incident’
Aug 15, 2023 11:22UK Ambassador to Tehran Simon Shercliff has been rebuked on social media for failing to recognize the armed attack on the Shah Cheragh shrine, for which Daesh (ISIS) claimed responsibility, as a “terrorist attack.”
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UK families ‘desperate’ amid sharp rise in food prices
Aug 15, 2023 01:26Rising food prices have forced low-income households in the United Kingdom to make “desperate choices” between keeping up their bills and putting food on the table, the UK-based consumer association ‘Which’ has warned.
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Tony Blair’s institute kept engaging with Saudis after Khashoggi’s murder: Report
Aug 13, 2023 10:11Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s organization has reportedly continued a multimillion-pound partnership with Saudi Arabia despite the state-sponsored killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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UK: High Street in London 'on lockdown' over riot fears
Aug 13, 2023 03:32The UK police have been given special emergency powers to place London high street "on lockdown" for 48 hours over fears of mass looting allegedly inspired by a TikTok video.
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'Significant disruption' as junior doctors in UK strike over pay dispute
Aug 11, 2023 04:40Junior doctors in England have launched a new strike that officials say will disrupt health services amid a continued dispute with the Government over pay and labor conditions.
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Iran's top rights official slams UK envoy's 'hypocritical' stance on journalists, free speech
Aug 10, 2023 09:13Iran’s top human rights official has lashed out at the British envoy to Tehran, Simon Shercliff, over his "hypocritical" stance on the situation of journalists and freedom of expression in the Islamic Republic.
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Iran summons British envoy to protest 'interventionist' remarks on national journalist day
Aug 10, 2023 03:51Foreign Ministry has summoned the British envoy to Tehran, Simon Shercliff, to voice protest against the diplomat’s interventionist remarks on the occasion of the national journalist day in the country.