Iran

The Sunday Telegraph's political editor is perplexed as to why the energy secretary might be getting involved in discussions over the Iran War

Trump may not have a plan, but the Iranians do. And Americans aren’t going to like it

It's legalistic, complicated and barely comprehensible but the PM's position on this war has ended up in tune with public sentiment

Even his MAGA base thinks it’s madness. But amongst the outrage, there are still some Americans who cling to magical thinking, and to the idea that it’ll all work out fine

Somewhere along the line, the American right became detached from the importance of “truth”, and we all know whose fault that is. But how did it happen?

Donald Trump takes on the world and loses - as imagined by Henry Morris

Trump’s Iran war has been launched with no evidence, no intelligence and no plan

The Iran War will inevitably lead to the collapse of Trump’s political project. It’s tempting to welcome that prospect – but it could make the president even more dangerous

Now we've Taken Back Control, the likes of the Sun and Mail are demanding we unquestioningly support a mad American president

Polymarket has defended allowing people to bet on war, claiming somehow that what it was doing was “invaluable”

We know what happens when the US breaks something and then walks away. The result is catastrophe. The problem is, Trump doesn’t really care

The US and Israeli assault on Iran has the potential to escalate into a broader international conflict. Not only that, but Trump has put the entire global economy in danger

The experiences of Iraq and Libya show what happens when the west attacks but has no plan.

Trump wants to decapitate the Iranian regime. But the danger now is a proliferating conflict that runs out of control

News reports that emerged from outside Iran put the number of dead protesters in the tens of thousands. Iranians inside the country, who took part in the demonstrations, tell a very different story

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The nation has changed out of all recognition since the Shah was deposed in 1979. There is now only one way that the country can enter the modern world – the state must crack

The fictionalised version of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s torment in Iran is damning for the state, and for Boris Johnson

Nava Golchini dreams of the day she can go home and perform. Gabbeh, her debut album as NAVA, turns hyperpop into protest

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

With the government exploiting emergency wartime powers, life in Iran may worsen for ordinary people

Donald Trump’s claim to have taken nuclear arms out of Iran’s hands is probably little more than bravado

Donald Trump's former chief strategist appeared to give his podcast listeners a heads-up about the White House's plan to bomb Iran

An impulsive reign has taken a deadly turn in Iran that could end in years of conflict in the Middle East - and an authoritarian power grab at home

US/Israeli action in Iran could trigger cyber war, sectarian violence and border conflicts across the Middle East

The world can’t afford a repeat of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But this new conflict might doesn’t look like having the same economic impact

The US and Israel have broken away from the international order and are pushing the world towards anarchy. The rest of the west must do all it can to resist

Israel and Iran’s long fixation has reached a tipping point. Will regime change in Tehran follow?

One day an engineer at a metals company in the Netherlands stole a trove of nuclear secrets and offered them for sale – his first customer was Iran

Trump doesn’t care about the bombing of Iran, or global security. Now Europe must fill the volatile vacuum he has left behind

More people are put to death in Iran than anywhere else on earth. Around the world, the protests are beginning

The cycle of attack and reprisal is unlikely to be broken in the Middle East