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  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Iran
    Iran upholds death sentence for Swedish researcher

    Tehran rules out prisoner swap for man accused of spying for Israel

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Iran’s Raisi cuts back on bread subsidies

    Rare move as wheat prices soar globally and Tehran tries to steer economy hard hit by sanctions

  • Saturday, 7 May, 2022
    Iran nuclear deal
    EU makes last-ditch effort to save Iran accord

    Borrell seeks middle ground over terrorist designation on Revolutionary Guards in move to revive deal

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    OutlookMiddle Eastern politics & society
    A visit to conservative Kashan unveils Iran’s gradual social change

    Not long ago, most women in the desert city would have worn full Islamic covering. Not any more

  • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
    US-Iran tensions
    Iran’s Revolutionary Guards leader vows to back all Islamic militias

    Muscular speech by commander comes as talks stall with global powers over nuclear deal

  • Sunday, 27 March, 2022
    Iran nuclear deal
    Nuclear deal with Iran is not imminent or inevitable, US official warns

    Diplomatic efforts stall over Tehran’s demand that Washington removes terrorist designation on Revolutionary Guards

  • Thursday, 17 March, 2022
    Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
    Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe arrives back in UK after release by Iran

    British-Iranian Anoosheh Ashoori also freed as London pays debt related to undelivered tanks

  • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
    Iran nuclear deal
    Russia says US has guaranteed sanctions will not affect its trade with Iran

    Assurance potentially removes obstacle that had complicated attempts to revive nuclear accord

  • Monday, 14 March, 2022
    The Big Read
    Winter of protests exposes economic pressures in Iran as nuclear talks stall

    Negotiations have been ‘paused’ but could deliver an easing of severe US sanctions as Tehran counts the cost of unrest

  • Sunday, 13 March, 2022
    Iran
    Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claim strike on Israeli target in Iraq

    Revenge attack follows alleged killings and raises tension amid bid to revive nuclear talks

  • Friday, 11 March, 2022
    Iran nuclear deal
    Iran nuclear talks should be paused, says EU’s foreign policy chief

    Josep Borrell cites ‘external factors’ in wake of Russian push for guarantees over sanctions

  • Tuesday, 8 March, 2022
    Iran nuclear deal
    Qatar mediates between Iran and US in nuclear talks

    Gulf state acts as intermediary at request of Washington and Tehran as negotiations reach crucial stage

  • Monday, 7 March, 2022
    Iran nuclear deal
    Political decisions are needed ‘in days’ to secure Iran nuclear deal

    EU envoy brokering Vienna talks warns of crunch time as negotiations move past expert level

  • Sunday, 6 March, 2022
    Iran nuclear deal
    Russia demands US guarantees over revival of Iran nuclear accord

    Moscow seeks to ensure that sanctions imposed over Ukraine invasion do not impede its trade with Tehran

  • Friday, 4 March, 2022
    Iran nuclear deal
    Iran inches closer to nuclear deal

    Western officials suggest progress made at reviving 2015 accord with world powers

  • Saturday, 19 February, 2022
    News in-depthIran nuclear deal
    Iranian business signals cautious optimism over nuclear talks

    Some are hopeful trade will pick up as western officials say Vienna negotiations are in their final stretch

  • Wednesday, 16 February, 2022
    Iran nuclear deal
    Iran calls for US ‘political statement’ on commitment to nuclear deal

    Foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian seeks assurance that Washington will not abandon JCPOA accord again

  • Saturday, 5 February, 2022
    Iran nuclear deal
    US restores Iran sanctions waivers for civilian nuclear activity

    Western diplomats warn time is running out to save accord designed to stop development of atomic weapons

  • Monday, 24 January, 2022
    Turkish economy
    Turkish industry hit by power cuts amid gas supply troubles

    Carmakers among those to suffer as government imposes energy restrictions on manufacturing plants

  • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
    Iran
    Iran’s president visits Moscow in effort to boost relations

    Tehran seeks to expand links with Russia and China amid tensions with US

  • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
    Global InsightIran
    Tehran boasts of ‘economic resistance’ against US sanctions

    Iran feels emboldened in Vienna nuclear talks but inflation is fuelling public discontent

  • Monday, 17 January, 2022
    News in-depthIran
    Iran tries to turn Qassem Soleimani into a national hero

    More than two years after his assassination by US, regime sees commander as way to win over younger generations

  • Tuesday, 28 December, 2021
    The Big Read
    Iran-US: faltering nuclear talks enter dangerous phase

    Intransigence in Tehran and anxiety in Washington are raising fears that efforts to revive the accord could be derailed

  • Monday, 20 December, 2021
    News in-depthIran
    Iranians seek foreign shores as reform hopes dim

    Officials alarmed by brain drain from doctors and university graduates planning futures abroad

  • Sunday, 12 December, 2021
    Iran
    Raisi outlines higher taxes and little hope for nuclear deal in draft budget

    Iran’s president forecasts economic rebound and little changed crude sales

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