The Irish Times

US and Iran talk tough as faltering nuclear talks enter dangerous phase

Experts warn next nuclear crisis could be just months away as room for compromise shrinks

Fri Dec 31 2021 - 08:00

US steps up pressure in advance of reopened talks on Iran nuclear deal

Envoy says US will not stand ‘idly by’ if Iran stalls on negotiations while it ramps up nuclear programme

Sun Nov 28 2021 - 16:27

Saudi Arabia in ‘serious’ talks with Iran about repairing relations

Talks between rivals reflect tentative de-escalation in Middle East in wake of Joe Biden’s election

Fri Oct 15 2021 - 15:54

Emmanuel Macron’s singular style inspires love and hate

President visits Dublin with reputation as champion of the rich and closet socialist

Thu Aug 26 2021 - 01:00

Iran’s president-elect Ebrahim Raisi signals tough line on nuclear deal

Conservative cleric tells reporters his government will not negotiate ‘for the sake of it’

Mon Jun 21 2021 - 19:24

Conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi wins Iran’s presidential election

Landslide victory undermined by voter apathy and lowest turnout in republic’s history

Sun Jun 20 2021 - 18:44

Iranians vote in election set to hand presidency to hardline judge

Many expected to ignore vote over discontent with economic hardship and hardline rule

Fri Jun 18 2021 - 18:52

Hardline cleric leads field as Iran set to vote in presidential election

Regime presses case of Ebrahim Raisi as voters expected to shun poll seen as illegitimate

Thu Jun 17 2021 - 13:16

Resistance in Iran’s holiest city where live music is banned

Women not allowed cycle in Mashhad, a stronghold for hardliners running in June election

Mon Jun 14 2021 - 17:45

Iran foreign minister criticises power of Soleimani in leaked interview

Military commander was killed by US drone strike in January 2020

Mon Apr 26 2021 - 07:38

Iran reports electrical problem at Natanz nuclear facility

Incident caused no casualties or contamination, says official, as inquiry under way

Sun Apr 11 2021 - 15:10

Miriam Lord’s Week: A win for the invisible women of Leinster House

The lack of recognition for the cleaners of this (very big) building is about to be rectified

Sat Mar 13 2021 - 03:16

Iran prepared to fulfill nuclear deal commitments, president tells Coveney

Hassan Rouhani says United States must lift ‘illegal sanctions’ during Tehran meeting with Minister

Sun Mar 07 2021 - 17:51

The Irish Times view on the Iran nuclear deal: undoing Trump’s damage

President Hassan Rouhani, who supports renewing the deal but leaves office in June, is under considerable pressure from hardliners opposed to concessions to the US

Tue Feb 23 2021 - 20:17

Biden says US will not lift sanctions to bring Iran back to talks

Stalemate as US president says Tehran must return to full compliance with 2015 nuclear deal

Sun Feb 07 2021 - 19:06

Iran’s $7bn battle: Tanker seizure ‘slap in the face’ to South Korea

Tehran ‘furious’ at Seoul for not releasing cash amid mounting coronavirus crisis

Sun Jan 10 2021 - 17:28

‘Like a dictatorship’: Arab citizens pour scorn on US over Washington riots

Middle Eastern social media users say protests in their countries are pro-democracy

Fri Jan 08 2021 - 15:50

Qatar returns to Gulf council in major diplomatic victory

Qatari emir refused to capitulate to Saudi, Emirati demands and ostracism campaign

Wed Jan 06 2021 - 17:13

EU ministers back US return to Iran nuclear deal under Biden

US president-elect says he sees a return to the current 2015 agreement as the best immediate route to regional stability

Mon Dec 21 2020 - 19:08

Iran says ‘satellite-controlled’ gun used to kill nuclear scientist

Revolutionary Guards Corps says advanced camera was used to zoom in on scientist

Tue Dec 08 2020 - 11:59

The Irish Times view on an assassination in Iran: taking advantage of the US transition

Israel has presumably decided it can preempt the Biden administration’s return to the nuclear treaty by provoking Iranian retaliation

Tue Dec 01 2020 - 01:40

Iran says nuclear scientist killed by remote-controlled device

Israel accused of using ‘electronic devices’ to assassinate Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in Tehran

Mon Nov 30 2020 - 19:14

Iran eyes sanctions prize despite scientist’s assassination

Rouhani keen for Biden to reaffirm nuclear deal as Arab states condemn killing

Mon Nov 30 2020 - 18:14

Iran’s president upbeat on US relations under Biden

Iran’s supreme leader has sketched out a more difficult path to normalisation

Wed Nov 25 2020 - 14:58

Trump plans weekly rounds of sanctions on Iran

Biden administration likely to re-engage with Tehran rather than punish it

Tue Nov 10 2020 - 15:46

Turkey condemns Charlie Hebdo cartoon mocking Erdogan

Ankara accuses publication of sowing ‘seeds of hatred’ amid tensions over teacher’s killing

Wed Oct 28 2020 - 15:14

Rising Armenia-Azerbaijan tensions pose big questions of EU

Europe Letter: Focus on Brussels to see if bloc is willing or able to bear an influence

Wed Oct 07 2020 - 21:00

Fears of regional war spiral around Nagorno-Karabakh

Diplomatic efforts intensify to halt fighting between Armenian and Azeri troops

Wed Oct 07 2020 - 17:40

US decision to adopt tough measures against Baghdad is ‘wrong one’

Pompeo pressure to disarm pro-Iran militias comes as ‘October surprise’ strikes feared

Thu Oct 01 2020 - 20:25

Iran responds to ‘illegal’ US move to reimpose UN sanctions

Iranian president vows ‘crushing response’ amid Trump administration announcement

Sun Sept 20 2020 - 14:57

Trump not receptive to Putin-backed summit on Iran

Putin suggestion came after Trump said he would trigger a ‘snapback’ of sanctions

Sun Aug 16 2020 - 16:23

Trump’s sanctions push Iran and Syria closer to China

Grouping of countries looking east called ‘axis of the sanctioned’

Wed Jul 29 2020 - 16:12

Coronavirus: Spain imposes second local lockdown after flare-ups

Round-up: Outbreaks in Galicia and Catalonia as Israel faces second wave of infections

Sun Jul 05 2020 - 21:14

Coronavirus: Iran makes wearing masks compulsory

Infected have ‘religious duty’, says president, as global case tally reaches 11.2m

Sun Jul 05 2020 - 09:35