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    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      Iran nuclear deal
      Do not ignore Iran’s nuclear ambitions, warns UN atomic agency

      Rafael Grossi says the world should not lose sight of the risks because attention has switched to war between Israel and Hamas

      Rafael Mariano Grossi, President of the International Atomic Energy Agency
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Rachman Review podcast20 min listen
      How united are Arab and Muslim leaders on Gaza?

      Pressure grows for concerted action to end the violence

    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      InterviewIsrael-Hamas war
      Iran told US it did not want Israel-Hamas war to escalate

      Hossein Amirabdollahian says Tehran has used back channels to convey fears of conflict in Gaza spreading across region

      Hossein Amirabdollahian said messages had been exchanged between Iran and the US, via the US interests section at the Swiss embassy in Tehran
    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      ExplainerIsrael-Hamas war
      The ‘Axis of Resistance’ pushing US to ramp up Middle East defences

      Iran-backed network triggers fears that Israel-Hamas war could spread within region

      Montage of an armed man loyal to Yemen’s Houthi rebels against a background showing a map of countries involved in the ‘Axis of Resistance’
    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      Kim Ghattas
      Iran’s interests are trumping the Palestinian tragedy

      Tehran is staring at the very real prospect of confrontation with the US and Israel — and appears to have quietly decoupled its interests from those of the Palestinians

      Iraqi demonstrators watch a speech from Lebanon’s militant Hizbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on a screen as they hold flags of Hezbollah during a pro-Palestinian rally in Basra, Iraq, last week
    • Monday, 30 October, 2023
      Gideon Rachman
      America, Iran and the threat of a wider war in the Middle East

      None of the region’s big powers wants further conflict but it could happen nonetheless

      James Ferguson illustration of the white peace dove squeezed between two machine guns.
    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      US moves to deter Iran ahead of Israel’s invasion of Gaza

      Officials say Tehran is preparing to step up attacks on American targets using regional proxies

      The destroyer USS Carney in the Red Sea
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      US warship shoots down missiles fired by Iranian-backed rebels

      Pentagon says three missiles and several drones launched from Yemen may have been headed for Israel

      Brigadier General Patrick Ryder
    • Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
      US imposes new sanctions on Iran’s missile and drone programmes

      Move comes as Washington tries to keep Tehran out of Israel-Hamas war

      Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi watches a drone during a ceremonial parade
    • Tuesday, 17 October, 2023
      Suzanne Maloney
      Iran is positioning itself to benefit from the Israel-Gaza conflict

      Tehran’s experience on the defensive has cemented its sense that conflict and disorder advance its interests

      Women in Tehran take a selfie in front of a Palestinian flag. Each successive conflagration in the Middle East has put Iran in a stronger position
    • Monday, 16 October, 2023
      News in-depthIsrael-Hamas war
      Gaza war highlights Iran’s links with region’s militant groups

      Western states see Tehran as pivotal to whether Israel’s fight against Hamas escalates into broader conflict

      Hossein Amirabdollahian and Ismail Haniyeh
    • Friday, 13 October, 2023
      Israel-Hamas war
      US says it can deny Iran access to $6bn in funds held in Qatar

      White House under pressure to block recent deal with Tehran following Hamas attack on Israel

      A montage of the Iranian and US flags
    • Wednesday, 11 October, 2023
      US foreign policy
      Janet Yellen warns Iran that nothing is ‘off the table’ for sanctions

      Washington ‘constantly’ looking at sanctions policy against Tehran, Hamas and Hizbollah, US Treasury secretary says

      Janet Yellen speaks to media
    • 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
      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
      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
    • 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 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
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      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
    • 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
      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
    • Thursday, 29 June, 2023
      US special envoy for Iran on leave amid security clearance review

      State department’s Rob Malley expects ‘investigation to be resolved favourably and soon’

      Rob Malley
    • Friday, 23 June, 2023
      US Dollar
      Yellen defends dollar as Brics nations debate reserve status

      South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa says greenback’s dominance is ‘on the agenda’ for Brics meeting

      Janet Yellen
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