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Push to expel Iran ahead of Qatar World Cup comes amid a crackdown by Tehran on protests and its decision to aid Russia in its offensive in Ukraine

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine wants the war to end by 2023. Is that wishful thinking?

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine wants the war to end by 2023. Is that wishful thinking?

Russia has secured gains in the east but Ukraine is pushing back in the south.

In a new exhibition, Wally de Lang, a Dutch historian, has tracked what happened to each of the men rounded up in the first Nazi raids on Dutch Jews, whose fates have largely been a mystery for decades.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is caught in games of chess, says Iran expert Published 27 Apr 2021 Share Commenting on the sentencing of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to a further year in prison, Dr Anicée Van Engeland, Associate Professor of International Security & Law at Cranfield University, said: “Ultimately, cases like Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s and that of other dual-nationals imprisoned in Iran will continue until the geopolitical issues of debt, the nuclear programme, and Iranian national...

Cranfield expert comments on Foreign Select Committee report on UK relations with Iran Published 18 Dec 2020 Share Commenting on the Foreign Affairs Select Committee report, ‘No prosperity without justice: the UK’s relationship with Iran’, Dr Anicée Van Engeland, Associate Professor at Cranfield University, said:  “The report highlights the need for the UK Government to foster a long-term, international response that addresses Iran’s human rights record, regional security and th...