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    • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
      Iran
      Iran’s foreign minister holds ‘friendly talks’ with Saudi Arabia

      Statement signals Tehran’s willingness to ease tensions with arch rival

    • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
      Mahsa Amini
      Iranians marking Mahsa Amini’s death clash with riot police

      Thousands march to grave of Kurdish woman while tear gas is fired at demonstrators in Tehran

    • Saturday, 1 October, 2022
      Iran
      Iranian students launch fresh anti-regime protests

      Gatherings in university cities give new momentum to two weeks of unrest

    • Monday, 22 August, 2022
      United Arab Emirates
      UAE ambassador returns to Iran as regional tensions ease with Islamic republic

      Gulf state’s plan to restore diplomatic relations with Tehran follows similar move by Kuwait

    • 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

    • 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

    • Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
      David Gardner
      Nuclear negotiators in Vienna face struggle to resurrect Iran deal

      Iranians across the spectrum came to regard the 2015 non-proliferation agreement as a swindle

    • Tuesday, 20 July, 2021
      News in-depthIran
      ‘I have nothing to lose any more’: Iranians protest over water shortages

      Demonstrations follow dissent against power cuts and pose challenge for incoming president Ebrahim Raisi

    • Tuesday, 29 June, 2021
      The Big Read
      Iran’s balancing act: hardliners weigh social freedoms for stability

      Ayatollah Khamenei and new president Ebrahim Raisi must bridge the gulf between the theocratic regime and Iranians’ aspirations

    • Sunday, 20 June, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Hardliners gain a lock over Iranian politics

      Win by Ebrahim Raisi may be a Pyrrhic victory after boycott by restive voters

    • Saturday, 19 June, 2021
      Iran
      Conservative cleric Raisi wins Iran presidential election by a landslide

      Justice chief’s victory means hardliners now control all branches of the state for first time in almost a decade

    • Wednesday, 16 June, 2021
      News in-depth
      From celebrations to soaring prices: how Iranians fared under Rouhani

      Data shows Iran’s centrist president was not able to deliver on many of his promises

    • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
      David Gardner
      Curbing Iran’s regional ambitions remains a distant hope for the west

      Tehran regards a local entente as something to be settled with its neighbours

    • Tuesday, 25 May, 2021
      Iran
      Iran bars leading moderate candidates from presidential poll

      Eliminations set to depress turnout and destroy credibility of election

    • Monday, 26 April, 2021
      Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
      Zaghari-Ratcliffe sentenced to year in jail for ‘propaganda’ against Iran

      Anglo-Iranian charity worker had been freed last month after serving 5 years for espionage

    • Monday, 26 April, 2021
      News in-depthIran
      Iran’s hardliners pin election hopes on popular justice chief

      Ebrahim Raisi seen by conservatives as man who can unite population weary of corruption

    • Thursday, 15 April, 2021
      The Big Read
      Iran: nuclear talks intensify domestic power struggle

      Having survived Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’, hardliners seek to ram home their political advantage over reformist rivals

    • Sunday, 14 March, 2021
      UK politics & policy
      Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe appears in Iranian court on fresh charges

      British-Iranian charity worker faces prosecution a week after previous sentence ended

    • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
      David Gardner
      Reviving the Iran nuclear deal will test Joe Biden

      Tehran says the ball is in America’s court, but Washington first wants compliance

    • Friday, 18 December, 2020
      Iran
      Dissident’s execution shines light on ‘rebellious’ children of Iranian revolution

      Ruhollah Zam, son of a revolutionary cleric, used social media to denounce alleged corruption

    • Sunday, 1 November, 2020
      Iran
      Iran’s hardliners jostle for chance to succeed Rouhani in poll race

      Tehran conservatives eye potential outcome of US election ahead of own presidential contest

    • Wednesday, 24 June, 2020
      Iran
      Iran warns exporters as it seeks to stabilise falling rial

      Currency down 13 per cent in past month as sanctions and coronavirus hurt economy

    • Thursday, 28 May, 2020
      Former Revolutionary guard to be speaker of Iran’s parliament

      Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf’s selection is a victory for the hardliners seeking to solidify their power

    • Tuesday, 12 May, 2020
      David Gardner
      Signs of Iranian retrenchment are likely to be overstated

      More probably, Tehran is trimming its sails to weather a violent political storm

    • Wednesday, 1 April, 2020
      David Gardner
      Sanctions on Iran must be relaxed during the coronavirus crisis

      Ordinary Iranians and their neighbours should not have to die because of hardline leaders

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