David Blair's Blog, page 16

Britain's embassy in Iran re-opens with "Death to England" still graffitied above Queen's portrait

Embassy has grand reopening four years after being wrecked by Iranian mob - but refurbishment still leaves anti-British graffiti intact

Britain paid the repair bill for its ransacked Embassy in Iran

The Foreign Office blamed Iran's regime for the mob attack on the British Embassy, but London still paid hundreds of thousands of pounds to make the mission in Tehran fit for reopening on Sunday

We stood by while others carved up Syria

Doing nothing two years ago was a huge gamble - and every imaginable disaster has come to pass

Britain to reopen embassy in Tehran after four years

Philip Hammond, the Foreign Secretary, will visit the Iranian capital this weekend to reopen the British embassy

Iran's reformists hope regime will temper its harshness

The repression has eased since Hassan Rouhani became president - but Iran still locks up journalists and hangs more people than any country except China

Friday prayers in the Islamic Republic of Iran ��� but where are the worshippers?

A tide of religious fervour is swamping the Middle East, but there was an eery silence at Tehran University

Iran's rulers urge a baby boom to double population by 2050

With Iran's divorce and fertility rates at Western levels, the regime is passing new laws to encourage the people to go forth and multiply

Notorious terrorist commander killed in Pakistan

Malik Ishaq, the leader of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) which concentrated on attacking Shia Muslims, dies in a mysterious ambush in the city of Multan

Iran minister says nuclear deal will create 'opportunities' to work with US against Islamic State

IRAN and America will have ���opportunities��� for greater cooperation in tackling terrorism if the nuclear agreement is implemented successfully, according to the Islamic Republic's deputy foreign minister.

Iran's hardliners tell US: you got a really good nuclear deal so appreciate it