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The Iain Dale Iran challenge

I will pay him £100 if...

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Sorry, Melanie, your pants are on fire

The Daily Mail columnist talked nonsense about Iran and the IAEA on last night's Question Time.

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Press TV, the Iranian state-funded news channel, loses UK licence

Press TV, the Iranian state-funded news channel, loses UK licence

The controversial broadcaster has been taken off the air after Ofcom ruled it was in breach of licencing rules.

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Are we heading for an "accidental" war with Iran?

The Islamic Republic's vow to close the Strait of Hormuz, in response to sanctions, could give the hawks the conflict they crave - and wreck the global economy.

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Once again, war is prime time and journalism’s role is taboo

Once again, war is prime time and journalism’s role is taboo

With Libya recently dealt with ("It worked," said the Guardian), Iran is next, it seems.

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Iran, my critics and me

Iran, my critics and me

A response to the distortions and misrepresentations.

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There is no nuclear threat – but if we attack Iran, there soon will be

There is no nuclear threat – but if we attack Iran, there soon will be

An attack on Iran would prompt an enraged Iranian government, backed by a united Iranian public, to speed up the country's nuclear programme.

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The IAEA: in America's corner on Iran.

Don't believe me? Ask the Americans.

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The truth about Andrew Gilligan

The Telegraph man’s links to Iran.

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Iranian state TV broadcasts

Iranian state TV broadcasts "confession" by woman sentenced to stoning

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, her son, laywer, and two foreign journalists confess to "lies".

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More in Iran

Iraq/Iran WMD myths, part 67

John Lloyd uses the “Iranian threat” to criticise Ed Miliband’s position on Iraq.

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The west must not use women’s rights to justify war

Iranian women are being co-opted into a Nato narrative pointing towards invasion.

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The barbarism of Ahmadinejad’s Iran

What is it these fanatics fear about their women?

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The uncomfortable truth about Iran, the bomb and the west

Ahmadinejad’s curiously rational address to the nuclear non-proliferation conference.

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Lib Dems the only party to oppose war with Iran

Lib Dems only one of the main parties to oppose military action in their manifesto.

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Iran, master of enrichment

Barack Obama hoped to launch a new era in relations with the Islamic Republic but, a year on, stalemate prevails. David Patrikarakos talks to Iran’s atomic ambassador and to critics in Israel and the US about what went wrong.

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How uranium becomes a nuclear bomb

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Iran: the people

Our guide to the Iranian population.

Who rules Iran?

Our guide to power in the Islamic Republic

Iran protests: In pictures

Photos from the day's protests around the world, on the anniversary of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

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The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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