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'Delayed deaths': UK report claims chemical agents used on Iranian protesters

Reports from UK officials suggest Iran used chemical substances to control protesters. Alleged delayed health reactions lead to deaths days later, sparking international concern.

JANUARY 17, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, ELI LEON, MAARIV

Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026. The nationwide protests started in Tehran's Grand Bazaar against the failing economic policies in late December, which spread to universities and other cities

President of Iraq, Barham Salih, speaks during the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, US September 23, 2021.

United Nations General Assembly elects former Iraqi President to lead UN refugee agency

Salih will begin a five-year term on January 1, 2026.

DECEMBER 19, 2025|ByREUTERS

Mohammad Javad Zarif, the former Iranian Foreign Minister, gives a speech during an election rally in support of Iranian presidential election candidate Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran, Iran, on June 24, 2024.

Iran 'paid heavy price' for supporting proxies, Palestinians, ex-FM Zarif says at Doha Forum

Zarif argued that Jerusalem misread Iran’s staying power when the fighting resumed earlier this year. “The Israelis launched this aggression based on mistaken assumptions,” he said.

DECEMBER 8, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Then-US president George W. Bush (L) and then-vice president Dick Cheney (R) celebrate at the conclusion of the 2004 Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York, September 2, 2004.

The Cheney era: How the powerful VP shaped US power, its Middle East missteps - analysis

US policy today, including Trump's decision to try end the Gaza war, continues to sit in the shadow of Cheney's role.

NOVEMBER 5, 2025|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

The Region: The real Arab stuff

What are the most realistic and moderate Arabic-speaking rulers thinking?

FEBRUARY 28, 2010ByBARRY RUBIN

Iraq: blasts kill 40 Shi'ite pilgrims

Bombings on final day of Muslim holiday are week’s third large-scale attacks.

FEBRUARY 6, 2010ByASSOCIATED PRESS

Blair fights for his legacy as he defends Iraq war

Six-hour session capped a wide-ranging inquiry that has heard extensive evidence from government lawyers and ministers who raised doubts about legality and wisdom of 2003 Iraq invasion.

JANUARY 30, 2010ByAP