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  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    News in-depthEbrahim Raisi
    Iranian hardliners back Raisi’s low-key approach despite protests

    President avoids clashes with other politicians, leading to rare unity across state bodies

  • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
    Iran nuclear deal
    Iran and EU herald fresh talks to revive nuclear accord in ‘coming days’

    Negotiations between UK, France, Germany, Russia, China and indirectly the US have been on hold since March

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    Iran nuclear deal
    Sanctions-hit Russian businessmen seek tips from Iran

    Tehran’s expertise at accessing the world’s black markets is in demand as war in Ukraine offers unexpected benefits

  • Monday, 13 June, 2022
    News in-depthIran nuclear deal
    Crisis over cameras threatens to scupper Iran nuclear talks

    Tehran and western powers struggle to find Plan B as analysts warn of ‘lose-lose’ escalation

  • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
    Iran nuclear deal
    Iran to remove 27 cameras from nuclear facilities

    Move represents dramatic escalation in Islamic republic’s stand-off with west

  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
    Iran nuclear deal
    Iran criticised by UN watchdog members over nuclear activity

    Resolution risks inflaming tensions between Iran and west as nuclear talks flounder

  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
    Iran
    A new pop song represents Iran’s efforts to keep the young on side

    The Islamic republic is struggling to convince a new generation to stick with its ideology

  • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
    Iran
    Iranian anger at corruption intensifies after fatal building collapse

    Protesters voice frustration with Islamic republic’s new wealthy elite as inflation escalates and nuclear talks stall

  • Friday, 27 May, 2022
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Iran seizes two Greek oil tankers in Strait of Hormuz

    Capture of vessels in world’s busiest shipping lane set to add to pressure on price of oil

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    Iran
    Iran vows revenge after assassination of commander in broad daylight

    President Ebrahim Raisi blames ‘global tyranny’ for death of officer in elite Revolutionary Guards

  • 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

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