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  • Saturday, 16 January, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Coronavirus: US adds almost 3,700 deaths but hospitalisations hit 12-day low — as it happened
  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Israel launches air strikes against Iranian-linked targets in Syria

    Dozens of soldiers reported killed in big bombing raid ahead of Trump’s departure

  • Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Coronavirus: US to require pre-flight Covid tests for foreign visitors – as it happened
  • Sunday, 10 January, 2021
    Iran nuclear deal
    Iran’s $7bn battle: Tanker seizure ‘slap in the face’ to South Korea

    Tehran says Seoul should release its cash as coronavirus crisis mounts

  • Monday, 4 January, 2021
    Iran ramps up uranium enrichment and seizes tanker

    Provocative moves come at time of escalating friction between Washington and Tehran

  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Coronavirus: California’s daily infections top 30,000 for fifth straight day — as it happened
  • Sunday, 13 December, 2020
    Iran
    Global business wary of Iran deal talk

    Investor interest spiked after the 2013 negotiations began but this time round corporations are more cautious

  • Monday, 7 December, 2020
    Iran nuclear deal
    European powers warn Iran over plan to escalate nuclear activities

    Statement by Germany, France and UK highlights hurdles to restoring international deal post-Trump

  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
    David Gardner
    Re-engaging with Iran will not be a simple matter for the US

    All significant actors in the Middle East are invested in the paramilitarism they want Iran to renounce

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  • Sunday, 29 November, 2020
    Iran nuclear deal
    Machine guns and a hit squad: the killing of Iran’s nuclear mastermind

    Assassination set to escalate tensions as US president-elect Joe Biden keen to restart nuclear talks

  • Sunday, 29 November, 2020
    David Gardner
    Killing of Iran’s nuclear scientist complicates Biden’s Middle East plan

    Ambush of Fakhrizadeh is a gift to Tehran’s hardliners and makes a deal harder for new US president

  • Saturday, 28 November, 2020
    Iran nuclear deal
    Iran’s nuclear mastermind ‘assassinated’

    Officials in Tehran suggest Israel involvement in killing that escalates tensions with US

  • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
    Iran threatens ‘crushing’ response to any US military strike

    Tension rises after Trump reportedly asked advisers about taking action against nuclear site

  • Tuesday, 20 October, 2020
    Berkshire Hathaway Inc
    Berkshire pays $4.1m fine over Iran sanctions violation claims

    Buffett’s conglomerate given rare US government penalty linked to metalworking subsidiary

  • Sunday, 18 October, 2020
    Iran nuclear deal
    Iran hails ‘momentous day’ as UN arms embargo expires

    Symbolic victory deals blow to US but Trump administration threatens sanctions over any weapons deal with Tehran

  • Thursday, 8 October, 2020
    US sanctions 18 Iranian banks

    Trump administration increases financial pressure ahead of presidential election

  • Thursday, 8 October, 2020
    David Gardner
    American threat to quit Iraq leaves its allies in the lurch

    It is strategically inept for the US to do exactly what Iran and its Arab proxies want

  • Monday, 21 September, 2020
    Iran nuclear deal
    Trump hits Iran with new sanctions and says UN arms embargo is back

    Fellow members of UN security council cast doubt on legal authority for Washington’s claim

  • Tuesday, 15 September, 2020
    Trump warns Iran of severe retaliation if diplomat attacked

    President issues missive after reports of plan to assassinate US ambassador

  • Monday, 7 September, 2020
    Gideon Rachman
    Erosion of nuclear deterrence makes India-China relations critical

    Countries with nuclear weapons are moving closer to military confrontation

  • Sunday, 6 September, 2020
    Iran
    Iran looks to China as US sanctions bite

    Tehran readies tactical shift with 25-year plan to become ‘strategic partners’ with Beijing

  • Tuesday, 1 September, 2020
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    Iran sanctions dispute poses new challenge for the UN

    Rift over nuclear accord is seen as a threat to the Security Council’s credibility

  • Friday, 21 August, 2020
    Iran nuclear deal
    US allies voice disapproval over push to reimpose Iran sanctions

    European countries on UN Security Council state commitment to multilateralism amid nuclear deal tension

  • Thursday, 20 August, 2020
    Trump says US will seek to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran

    President moves to trigger ‘snapback’ measures under 2015 nuclear deal that he abandoned

  • Friday, 14 August, 2020
    US fails in bid to extend UN arms embargo on Iran

    Security council vote increases possibility Trump administration will try to reimpose sanctions

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