The people-smuggler talks about Britain like a travel agent would. 'If you want to work, earn good money and have a good life, you need to go to the UK,' he says. 'They don't deport anyone.'
When the Ayatollah Khomeini arrived in Tehran on a chartered Air France Boeing 747 following the toppling of the Shah of Iran in 1979, he was not a supreme leader.
I've been covering conflict in several continents across Syria, Iraq, Nigeria, Congo, and Ukraine. There are several points in my career that really stay with me.
Where is Iran 's Supreme Leader? It's a question that the world, not least Iranians, have been asking since Mojtaba Khamenei was elevated to the office shortly after his father was killed on the war'…
Operation Epic Fury is now into its third week, and its effects are global. By March 12 combined US and Israeli forces had struck around 6,000 targets in Iran since operations began.
The body lies mutilated in the street. The wounds are savage but calculated. This is more than sadism. It is a message. At first glance, it's just one more Iranian who has lost their life. But this i…