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'I couldn't be silent': Iranian teen's mother seeking justice after daughter shot dead

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November 02, 2026 • 06:05 AM
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BBC Panorama follows grieving Samira who - after the killing of Sevda - faces up to the Tehran regime.

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In a year marked by protests, crackdowns and war, ordinary Iranians have found their lives turned upside down.

BBC Panorama follows a grieving mother, Samira, who takes on the regime after her teenage daughter, Sevda, was shot dead while protesting on the outskirts of Tehran.

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The monarch is in the Bahamas as part of a tour of the Caribbean during which he addressed the "great suffering of the past".

In a BBC World Service documentary, the man claims to have played a role in drone attacks on his home soil.

Ukraine's president has told Elon Musk that any restriction on the Starlink's system cost lives.

Our Urdu correspondent reports from the scene in Peshawar, north-west Pakistan, where emergency services have been responding to the incident.

The US president made the announcement in a social media post, which was an apparent surprise to Ukraine and Russia is yet to comment.

The US president's said President Volodymyr Zelensky "wants to make problems for the world".

BBC correspondent Joe Inwood explains how Pillay's childhood in South Africa led her to become a driving force in international law from Myanmar to Gaza.

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He was arrested in Russia in 2023 and later sentenced to 16 years on espionage charges.

Xi’s first visit to Washington in a decade was a display of pomp and pageantry, with Trump offering his guest a two-month truce on the brewing tariff war.

The BBC’s China correspondent Laura Bicker unpacks how the trip panned out for Beijing and Washington.

President Donald Trump has been talking about Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit for months, the BBC's Sarah Smith looks at why.

The UK is reviewing its deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, the defence secretary has said.

The BBC’s China correspondent and US editor explain everything you need to know ahead of the Trump-Xi meeting in Washington DC.

In his first speech to the UN as UK prime minister, Burnham highlighted the risks posed by Russian disinformation.

Delegations from across the world attended the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

The BBC’s Sarah Smith outlines which world leaders Trump is set to meet and the key topics expected on the agenda.

Fighting on Yemen's west coast has prompted thousands of people to flee by boat across the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

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