Prince Khalid bin Salman is highest-ranking royal to hold meetings in Tehran in decades
Trump has warned of potential military action if talks fail
Trump administration accuses Shandong Shengxing Chemical of buying crude as it increases pressure on Beijing and Tehran
Steve Witkoff’s comments come after he signalled Washington might accept limited uranium enrichment by Tehran
Shaken by October 7, the country is seizing territory and flattening villages to build buffer zones while routinely striking neighbours
Trump team should accept that both Washington and Tehran need to make compromises
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Steve Witkoff and Abbas Araghchi met briefly after indirect negotiations in Oman
US president hints at deal on Tehran’s nuclear weapons programme after meeting Netanyahu
Bombing in Lebanon and Syria come alongside renewed military offensive in Gaza
President reveals plans to impose 10% universal levies and higher duties on major partners
Time is running out for an unpredictable US president and a distrustful Iranian supreme leader to avoid dangerous escalation
Attacks in retaliation for rockets launched from Lebanon follow weeks of mounting hostilities across the Middle East
Exchange of fire threatens truce that ended 13 months of fighting
US measures are latest salvo in a ‘maximum pressure’ campaign on Tehran
Israeli military’s renewed air strikes in Gaza kill more than 400 people, say Palestinian officials
Militants claim strike on American aircraft carrier after US president orders largest military operation of his second term
Trump warns Tehran against supporting militant group, prompting angry response
Strike targeting Palestinian group is first since interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa established control
Iraq and Iran have banned mega production focused on seventh-century schism between Sunni and Shia Muslims
A relentlessly entertaining exploration of Iranian-American immigrant life, longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction
Reformist president Masoud Pezeshkian’s hopes for détente with west in tatters as rival factions tighten grip on power
US president sends letter to supreme leader in Tehran in effort to resume talks
The IDF is using excavators, tanks and bombs to take territory from neighbours and remake its borders
President Masoud Pezeshkian on defensive after impeachment of Abdolnaser Hemmati
