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Kevin Hirten

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@AJIunit Senior Producer. Podcast host, ‘Al Jazeera Investigates’ & ‘The Take’ BAFTA-nominated. Sometimes just posts travel photos. Opinions are my own.

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Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · Jul 24

A new season of our documentary podcast ‘Al Jazeera Investigates’ has launched.

Episode 1 looks into the origin story of the July Uprising that toppled Shiekh Hasina’s government in Bangladesh last summer.

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36 July: Uprising in Bangladesh | Ep. 1 – I Am Razakar

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Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · 23d

Displaced Palestinians from Gaza City have recounted being chased by Israeli quadcopters after being forced to flee their shelters in the city.

Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · 23d

The deaths come a day after Israeli forces killed 91 Palestinians in Gaza in a day, according to medics, including family members of a prominent doctor and four people on board a truck fleeing northern Gaza City.

Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · 23d

At least 14 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn, including nine in Gaza City, medical sources told Al Jazeera.

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Gaza City residents hounded by Israeli quadcopters as 14 killed since dawn

Displaced Gaza City residents recount being chased by Israeli quadcopters after being forced to flee their shelters.

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Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Will Lebanon disarm Hezbollah?

Podcast Episode · The Take · 09/04/2025 · 22m

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Jen Scarpelli @jennyscarps.bsky.social · Jul 28

Kythira, Greece wildfires.

Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · Jul 27

Kythera wildlife
July 26, 2025

Wildfires of Kythera

Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · Jul 24

A new season of our documentary podcast ‘Al Jazeera Investigates’ has launched.

Episode 1 looks into the origin story of the July Uprising that toppled Shiekh Hasina’s government in Bangladesh last summer.

www.instagram.com/stories/ajiu...

open.spotify.com/episode/6LPz...

36 July: Uprising in Bangladesh | Ep. 1 – I Am Razakar

Al Jazeera Investigates · Episode

open.spotify.com

Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · Jun 26

I don’t know about you, but I’d like to see a few more stories about Zoran from the perspective of establishment Democrats.

Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · Jun 24

So, what’s the truth? What did Israel achieve? Did Iran manage to defend its strategic assets? And is the truce a pathway to peace?

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Is the 12-day Israel-Iran war really over – and who gained what?

A Trump-brokered ceasefire is in place for now. But what really happened – and did any side emerge stronger?

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Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · Jun 24

Netanyahu had ‘no choice’ but to back ceasefire

Political commentator Ori Goldberg says the Israeli government’s claim to have achieved all its objectives in Iran before the truce is “ridiculous”.

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Israel agrees to Trump’s proposal for ceasefire with Iran

Announcement comes after Iran fires several volleys of missiles at Israel, killing at least four people in Beersheba.

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Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · Jun 23

Long day, lovely sunset.

Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · Jun 23

Touching grass at Stave Hill Viewpoint in Southeast London

Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · Jun 23

A spokesperson for Qatar’s Foreign Ministry has said the advisory issued from a number of embassies to their citizens to take precautions or avoid certain locations does “not reflect the existence of specific threats”.

Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · Jun 23

-Meanwhile, Israeli strikes on Iran have caused massive explosions in and around Tehran. Israel says it is continuing air raids targeting IRGC command centres
-IAEA chief Rafael Grossi has renewed his call to avoid “armed attacks on nuclear facilities”, warning they pose far-reaching radiation risks

Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · Jun 23

-Israeli media report at least 4 impact sites in the country, though heavy reporting restrictions make it hard to know extent of the damage
-One Iranian missile struck near a “strategic infrastructure facility” in southern Israel, causing outages in nearby areas, according to The Times of Israel.

Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · Jun 23

11:00 GMT Update

-Israel and Iran have exchanged another wave of air attacks, with sirens sounding in Israel for over half an hour – the longest continuous alert of the conflict so far.

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Iranian missiles slam into Israel as huge explosions rock Tehran

Israel and Iran continue to trade attacks as US President Donald Trump hints at possible regime change in Tehran.

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Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · Jun 23

Mosaddegh’s moves to nationalise the company after his 1951 election angered the British.
The US’s Central Intelligence Agency supported the United Kingdom in engineering a coup and backing once-deposed monarch, Pahlavi, back into power as shah.

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History of US-Iran relations: From the 1953 regime change to Trump strikes

Iran remains the US’s adversary in the Middle East since the 1979 Islamic revolution led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

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Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · Jun 22

-British Foreign Secretary David Lammy says the United States has taken action to address the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, adding that “Iran must never have a nuclear weapon”.

Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · Jun 22

-At the request of Iran, the UN Security Council will meet at 19:00 GMT today to discuss the US attacks on three Iranian nuclear facilities.
-Israel’s attacks on Gaza continue, with medical sources telling Al Jazeera that 37 Palestinians have been killed since this morning.

Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · Jun 22

-Iranian authorities say nine security personnel have been killed after Israeli forces struck two military sites in the central province of Yazd, Iran’s Fars News Agency reports.

Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · Jun 22

If you’re just joining us
(19:00 GMT)

Here’s what you need to know:

-Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi calls the US attack on Iran’s nuclear sites “unforgivable”, says Iran has “to respond based on our legitimate right to self-defence”.

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ALL EYES ON IRAN’S RESPONSE AFTER US STRIKES NUCLEAR SITES

Iran says ‘outrageous’ US attacks on ‘peaceful nuclear installations’ will have ‘everlasting consequences’.

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Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · Jun 22

Fordow is the only Iranian facility at which IAEA inspectors found particles of uranium purified to near weapons-grade purity.

The site is designed to hold up to 2,976 spinning centrifuges a fraction of the capacity at Natanz, Iran’s main nuclear site.

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What is Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility that the US has bombed?

The US bombed Iran’s hardest-to-reach site on Sunday. Here’s why Fordow is so significant.

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Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · Jun 22

RIP

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William Langewiesche, the ‘Steve McQueen of Journalism,’ Dies at 70

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Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · Jun 21

We then picked up my mother – along with our four cats who have been staying with her – from her home in western Tehran …

Israeli bombs were falling on multiple areas across western Tehran as we scurried to grab the cats and put them in their boxes.

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Tehran is in shock – and we have fled with heavy hearts

My family and I have no idea if, or when, we will return – or what we may return to.

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Kevin Hirten @kdhirten.bsky.social · Jun 19