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    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      Sanam Vakil
      Western policy towards Iran lacks both goals and goalposts

      The release of prisoners and anniversary of the killing of Mahsa Amini highlight a failure to solve the challenges from Tehran

      A woman stands on a car roof as a huge throng of people fill the road ahead
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      US-Iran tensions
      Iran nuclear crisis lingers for White House despite prisoner swap

      More diplomacy possible in New York this week, but rivals must overcome decades of distrust

      US nationals Siamak Namazi, Emad Sharqi, and Morad Tahbaz, who were among five prisoners released from Iran, disembark from a plane upon landing in Doha, Qatar
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      US-Iran tensions
      Iran releases prisoners in swap deal with US

      Exchange agreed after months of negotiations has potential to de-escalate tensions between arch foes

      Siamak Namazi and Morad Tahbaz, who were released during a prisoner swap deal between the US and Iran, arrive at Doha International Airport, Qatar
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      Cristiano Ronaldo flies in to offer Iranians rare glimpse of football’s elite

      Visit by the decorated player, whose Saudi team play in Tehran, provides country’s fans with a moment to celebrate

      Cristiano Ronaldo and his Al-Nassr teammates arrive at the Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Iran nuclear deal
      European powers to retain sanctions aimed at deterring Iran nuclear ambitions

      France, Germany and UK say curbs due to expire next month will now be continued, prompting ire in Tehran

      Iranian officials including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei inspect centrifuges in Tehran, Iran
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      US-Iran tensions
      US moves ahead with Iran prisoner swap and release of $6bn of frozen oil revenues

      Washington hopes deal will bring progress in nuclear talks and other areas of tension with Tehran

      The Iranian and US flags printed on paper
    • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
      Middle Eastern politics & society
      UAE boosts trade with Iran after eased restrictions on business activity

      Flourishing relationship reflects Gulf state’s pivot towards regional de-escalation

      Shipping containers at Khalifa port
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      US-Iran tensions
      Owner of ship seized carrying Iranian oil pleads guilty in US court

      Case involving the Suez Rajan further threatens to raise tensions between Washington and Tehran

      A satellite image of the oil tanker Suez Rajan
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      European Union
      EU condemns Iran’s ‘illegal’ detention of European diplomat

      Swedish citizen Johan Floderus was detained more than a year ago during private visit

      European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell
    • Sunday, 3 September, 2023
      Iran cracks down on dissent as protest movement anniversary looms

      Activists say authorities want to discourage gatherings marking the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody

    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      Emerging markets
      Brics leaders invite 6 nations including Saudis and Iran to join bloc

      South African president Cyril Ramaphosa says countries will be admitted next year in ‘first phase of expansion process’

      South African president Cyril Ramaphosa speaks at the Brics summit in Johannesburg
    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
      Kim Ghattas
      As autocrats deepen international ties, their opponents seek strength in solidarity

      Freedom and human rights activists call for global co-operation but there is little to celebrate

      A protester displays a picture of Mahsa Amini, whose death in custody sparked protests in Iran
    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
      Drought causes headaches for Panama Canal

      Iran deals with the consequences of ultra-cheap petrol

    • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
      Iran grapples with unintended consequences of ultra-cheap petrol

      Authorities under pressure to remove expensive subsidies that keep fuel prices as low as $0.03 a litre

      A customer refuels her car at a petrol station in Tehran, Iran
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      The US and Iran look for de-escalation

      Risk of deepening nuclear crisis remains, but any efforts to contain it are welcome

      President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran at a military parade in Tehran.
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Iran nuclear deal
      US asks Iran to stop selling drones to Russia

      Washington raises issue in indirect talks aiming to de-escalate nuclear crisis

      In this picture released by the official website of the Iranian army, Iran-made drones are displayed in a ceremony
    • Friday, 11 August, 2023
      FT live news
      Live news updates from August 11: Global oil demand hits record, China’s bank lending plummets
    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      US-Iran tensions
      Iran transfers five imprisoned Americans to house arrest

      Washington expected to release $6bn of Tehran’s frozen money in diplomatic breakthrough

      A prison guard stands along a corridor in Tehran’s Evin prison
    • Sunday, 6 August, 2023
      UK foreign policy
      UK government split over listing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as terrorists

      Home secretary Suella Braverman in stand-off with foreign secretary James Cleverly over move

      Suella Braverman is increasingly concerned that Iranian agents are plotting to kill British citizens,
    • Wednesday, 2 August, 2023
      Iranian businesses under pressure to enforce hijab rules

      Shops and offices face temporary shutdowns for allowing female staff and customers to eschew head coverings

      A young woman walks in a Tehran bazaar without the compulsory head covering
    • Sunday, 16 July, 2023
      Iran to resume hijab patrols after protests over death in custody

      Islamic republic threatens renewed enforcement by morality police 10 months after Mahsa Amini lost her life

      A Tehran street on Sunday
    • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
      Najmeh Bozorgmehr
      Iran’s relationship with alcohol is reaching a tipping point

      An artist’s death has raised questions about the dangers of the black market for liquor

      Iranians pour bottles of alcohol into a fountain in Washington, DC
    • Monday, 10 July, 2023
      Christopher Sabatini
      The international human rights framework desperately needs an upgrade

      Countries in the global south are making dangerous alliances with illiberal autocracies

      Children of the United Nations International Nursery School in Paris inspect a poster of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
    • Sunday, 9 July, 2023
      News in-depth
      Iranians turn to small acts of defiance to keep protest flame burning

      Marking the birthdays of those who died is just one way that the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ movement is being kept alive

      a demonstrator raises his arms and makes the victory sign during a protest for Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic’s ‘morality police’, in Tehran in September 2022
    • Friday, 7 July, 2023
      Nationalism takes centre stage as Iran’s Revolutionary Guards make theatrical debut

      Elite force finances lavish production of Iranian classic as Islamic republic looks to arts to achieve political goals

      A scene from ‘The Seven Quests of Esfandiyar’
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