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Gulf gets laser-guided missiles to fight drones & Iran executions soar

Gulf gets laser-guided missiles to fight drones & Iran executions soar

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The Telegraph’s defence, security and foreign affairs podcast covering the conflict in Iran

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Executions have soared inside Iran, with new Amnesty data today
showing more than 2,000 people were given the death penalty in
2025.

Roland Oliphant speaks to Iranian journalist in exile Maryam
Mazrooei about the “bloodthirsty” regime’s latest tactic to scare
citizens into silence amid the war with the US and Israel. She
also explains why the mood inside the country is increasingly
dark amid a growing economic disaster, with mass layoffs and no
internet.

Plus, the UK has fitted new laser-guided missiles to its Typhoon
jets on patrol in the Gulf. Venetia Rainey talks to acting
defence editor Tom Cotterill about how they have been designed to
talk on Iranian Shahed drones and why they were developed so
fast.

Tom also talks about his recent trip to the Falklands, where
locals dismissed rumours that the US may drop its backing for
British sovereignty over the Islands as punishment for not
joining Donald Trump’s war against Iran.

Highlights

Gulf gets new laser-guided missiles to help smash Iranian
drones

‘Bloodthirsty’ Iran regime executions hit all-time high as
economy freefalls

CONTRIBUTORS:

Venetia Rainey, co-host and executive producer @venetiarainey

Roland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign affairs analyst
@RolandOliphant

Tom Cotterill, acting defence editor @TomCotterillX

Maryam Mazrooie, journalist @MaryammazrooeiS

CONTENT REFERENCED:

Trump: There won’t be anything left of Iran if it refuses peace
deal

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/17/trump-wont-be-anything-left-of-iran-if-refuses-peace-deal/

Typhoon jets equipped with cheaper missiles to fend off Iranian
attacks

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/17/typhoon-jets-new-missiles-iran-attacks/

Tom Cotterill: Trump is using us as a pawn, says Falklands chief

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/10/falkland-islands-trump-is-using-us-as-a-pawn/

David Blair: Iran’s regime is confident of victory. It may be
overplaying its hand

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/17/irans-regime-confident-of-victory-it-may-overplaying-hand/

Amnesty: Executions surge to highest recorded figure in 44 years

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/05/executions-surge-highest-recorded-figure-44-years/

Producer: Peter Shevlin

Executive Producers: Venetia Rainey & Louisa Wells

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