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Pentagon works with US partners on response to drone strike as oil prices pare gains
US president says he does not want war but that the US is prepared for military conflict
Crude soars as kingdom’s output cut in half and political tension hangs over region
Western powers have to consider whether tough response would trigger wider conflict
Heavy-handed US reprisals would risk all-out war in the Middle East
Kingdom considers whether to ask fellow Opec countries to help calm markets after attack
Audacious assault highlights increased sophistication of Tehran-backed rebel movement
Threats to Middle East crude production ‘highest since Gulf war’
Football fan Sahar Khodayari was arrested for attending match dressed as a man
Tehran says removal of Trump official will not bring prospect of talks with Washington closer
British-Iranian tensions have been rising since Tehran’s seizure of a UK-flagged oil tanker
Tehran accused of breaking pledge over vessel at centre of stand-off with the west
Rouhani says Tehran will begin research on speeding up uranium enrichment
Trump administration committed to ‘maximum pressure’ tactics despite French push to de-escalate
Washington mixes bait and threats as ‘maximum pressure’ campaign against Tehran becomes unorthodox
Even as I enjoy family gatherings in Beirut I watch the news for signs of crisis
Tehran still looking into ‘offences’ allegedly committed by the vessel
Iran Space Agency accused of helping develop Tehran’s ballistic missile programme
Success would stave off nuclear breach by Tehran but depends on Trump’s acceptance
Geopolitics, demand shifts and green regulation will expose the region’s faultlines
Netanyahu takes tough approach to Tehran and its Shia proxies as election approaches
Meeting between Iranian and US leaders had been mooted at the G7 summit in France
Macron spearheads drive to de-escalate tensions in the Gulf
Zarif arrived after Trump clashed with leaders over Iran and Russia
