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US-Iran tensions

  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    Masoud Pezeshkian
    Iran’s new president signals readiness to resume nuclear talks with west

    Masoud Pezeshkian uses first press conference to deny sending missiles to Russia for Ukraine war

    Masoud Pezeshkian gestures as he speaks to reporters during his press conference in Tehran
  • Sunday, 8 September, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Iran ships ‘hundreds’ of ballistic missiles to Russia

    Delivery of weaponry to Moscow marks ‘dramatic escalation’ in war against Ukraine, warn Kyiv and western officials

    A Fath ballistic missile against the backdrop of the Islamic republic’s former supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
  • Sunday, 25 August, 2024
    News in-depthMiddle East conflict
    How all-out war between Israel and its adversaries might play out

    Military capabilities of the Jewish state have evolved since it last fought Hizbollah but so have those of the Iran-backed ‘axis of resistance’

  • Wednesday, 21 August, 2024
    News in-depthIran
    Iranians struggle to access crucial medicines as sanctions hit supplies

    Patients and clinicians say humanitarian exemption for pharmaceuticals is failing to prevent shortages

    Thalassaemia patients hold posters as they protest outside a Tehran court
  • Tuesday, 20 August, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Iran was behind Trump campaign hack, says US intelligence

    Agencies say they have seen ‘increasingly aggressive’ activity from Iranian actors trying to influence election

    Iran flag
  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Iran not expected to attack Israel if ceasefire agreed with Hamas, says Biden

    US president’s comments come as diplomatic push to end 10-month conflict intensifies ahead of talks on Thursday

    Joe Biden talks to reporters at the airport
  • Monday, 12 August, 2024
    News in-depthIran
    Iran gives few clues as region awaits military response to Israel

    Tehran keeps world guessing over how it will retaliate for the killing of Hamas leader on its territory

    People walk next to huge Iranian and Palestinian flags hanging on a wall in Eneghelab square in Tehran
  • Sunday, 11 August, 2024
    Trump campaign blames Iran for hacked emails

    Breach took place around the time JD Vance was chosen to be the former president’s running mate

    Donald Trump at a rally
  • Friday, 9 August, 2024
    Iranians ramp up cyber attacks linked to US election, warns Microsoft

    ‘Covert news sites’ and phishing emails among tactics employed by Tehran-backed actors, says tech group

    Two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) armed military personnel stand guard next to an Iranian Majid anti-aircraft missile system during the Ela Beit Al-Moghaddas military rally in Tehran, Iran
  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2024
    Middle East conflict
    Americans wounded in rocket attack on Iraq base

    Assault comes amid diplomatic efforts to de-escalate tensions between Iran and Israel

    Satellite image of Ain al-Assad army base in Iraq
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    EU and US race to prevent Mideast war after Israeli assassinations

    Diplomats hold crisis talks in effort to stop full-blown war in reaction to killing of Hizbollah and Hamas leaders

    Iranian protesters wave Iranian, Palestinian and Hezbollah flags in a demonstration to condemn the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Iran
  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
    US foreign policy
    US warned of Iran threat to Trump ahead of assassination attempt

    Security around the former president was stepped up but failed to prevent Saturday’s shooting

    Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage after being shot in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13 2024
  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    Middle East conflict
    Iran would use ‘all means’ to back Hizbollah if Israel launches full-blown war, official says

    Aide to supreme leader warns Israel risks triggering regional conflict in the event of all-out offensive against militant group

    Kamal Kharrazi, foreign affairs adviser to Iran’s supreme leader
  • Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
    Iran nuclear deal
    Iran open to ‘serious dialogue’, says UN nuclear chief

    Fraught relations with Tehran, which faces sanctions over its atomic programme, appear to be easing

  • Monday, 22 April, 2024
    Middle East conflict
    Why Hizbollah was sidelined in Iran-Israel clashes

    Though regional hostilities recently hit their most dangerous level, militant group’s participation remained largely symbolic

    Hizbollah funeral
  • Sunday, 21 April, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A step back from the abyss in the Middle East

    The danger of miscalculations between Iran and Israel will persist

    An anti-Israel demonstration in Tehran on Friday
  • Friday, 19 April, 2024
    Markets
    Oil market shrugs off Israeli strikes on Iran

    Brent spikes above $90 before dropping close to three-week low as Tehran plays down attacks

    Flaming oil pumpjack
  • Thursday, 18 April, 2024
    Iran oil exports hit 6-year high as west prepares sanctions

    Surge in crude sales to China exposes limits of US and EU attempts to rein in Islamic republic

    Workers at a refinery in Iran
  • Tuesday, 16 April, 2024
    News in-depthMiddle East conflict
    Military briefing: Israel’s options to strike Iran

    Whatever form direct retaliation takes, analysts warn there is a high risk of miscalculation — and further escalation

    Israeli fighter jets; attack on Iranian consulate in Damascus, laptop cyberattack; Israeli flares above Gaza
  • Tuesday, 16 April, 2024
    Richard Haass
    Israel has no good choices on Iran

    Its least bad options are a return to the status quo ante or carrying out a limited strike against military targets

  • Monday, 15 April, 2024
    Gideon Rachman
    The Biden dilemma on Israel

    Protection cannot mean giving the Netanyahu government a blank cheque, cashable in Washington

    James Ferguson illustration of Israel, Palestinian, Iran and US flags spiralling into an explosion
  • Sunday, 14 April, 2024
    Emile Hokayem
    The onus is now on Israel as Iran makes its move

    Netanyahu’s sense he has prevailed in this round may make him less rather than more risk averse

    An Iranian woman walks past a mural Iranian revolutionary gaurd corps (IRGC) soldiers in Tehran
  • Sunday, 14 April, 2024
    News in-depthMiddle East conflict
    Iran rolls dice in conflict with Israel

    Israel and Iran’s attempts to restore military deterrence pull the region into escalating cycle of violence

    Demonstrators in Tehran wave Iran’s flag and Palestinian flags after Iran launched a drone and missile attack on Israel
  • Sunday, 14 April, 2024
    Middle East conflict
    Iran launches ‘unprecedented’ missile and drone attack on Israel

    G7 leaders and UN Security Council to meet as US seeks ‘co-ordinated diplomatic response’

    An anti-missile system operates after Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel
  • Saturday, 13 April, 2024
    Middle East conflict
    Iran seizes Israel-linked container vessel

    Tehran has vowed to respond to a suspected Israeli air strike on its consular building in Damascus

    An image grab taken from a video posted on social media shows Iran’s Revolutionary Guards abseiling down to the MSC Aries, near the Strait of Hormuz
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