Iran

The courage and freedom of Tahmineh Monzavi

Netanyahu knows that this is his chance to defeat Iran, the goal he has pursued for his entire political career. He’s not about to let the opportunity go

After the 2008 crash, it took a global effort to get the world economy back on track. But if another disaster did occur, with Trump in power, cooperation would be much harder

The cartoonish villain who turned to cocaine was once an Olympic-calibre wrestler who helped US athletes win gold

The fuel price shock has destroyed Australia’s most fundamental strategic assumption – that geographical isolation means security. Turns out that was wrong all along

After Iran, and Venezuela, the US has destroyed its reputation and the world has learned a new lesson. That the US is no longer a country to be admired. It is now to be feared

The US president is hailing ‘total victory’, but this war has embarrassed and fractured his alliance

Elon Musk's Hitler-praising AI chatbot insisted that the president's 'Open the Fuckin’ Strait' Truth Social post wasn't real

The Iranian Jews of New York City arrived in the 1970s and now face a war in which three places they could call home are all involved. If the Islamic regime falls, that raises a tough question: would they ever go back?

The contenders to run the country once bombing stops are divided and discredited - and civil war looks a distinct possibility

The idea of martyrdom is deeply embedded in Iranian culture. If US ground troops set foot in Iran, they will find themselves facing an opponent with a spiritual relationship with death

The thirsty US war secretary has angered the Pontiff with a blood-and-thunder prayer service over the Iran War

Generations of Iranians have been fighting for democracy, and many of them have been killed. Iranians at a Paris protest made clear: war isn’t the solution

More than 1,300 dead, up to 3.2m Iranians displaced, shockwaves through the world economy - and the president is having the time of his life

Bring back quantitative easing, reboot the OBR and – for a while – let inflation shrink the debt mountain

The war is being overseen by senior US officials, including Pete Hegseth, with beliefs and attitudes towards non-believers that are almost medieval

The best way to prevent invasion is to become nuclear armed. The Iranians have learned this lesson – and other nations across the Gulf, Europe and the far east will be thinking the same

Authoritarian governments have pushed Farsi’s dominance – but 59 other languages still thrive

Richard Tice, Nadhim Zahawi and Andrea Jenkyns all want to see the UK get involved in the attack on Iran. But Nigel Farage is not so keen

The increasingly loopy president's public pronouncements are becoming more unhinged by the day

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