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
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
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
Emmanuel Macron’s singular style inspires love and hate
President visits Dublin with reputation as champion of the rich and closet socialist
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’
Conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi wins Iran’s presidential election
Landslide victory undermined by voter apathy and lowest turnout in republic’s history
Iranians vote in election set to hand presidency to hardline judge
Many expected to ignore vote over discontent with economic hardship and hardline rule
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
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
Iran foreign minister criticises power of Soleimani in leaked interview
Military commander was killed by US drone strike in January 2020
Iran reports electrical problem at Natanz nuclear facility
Incident caused no casualties or contamination, says official, as inquiry under way
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
Iran prepared to fulfill nuclear deal commitments, president tells Coveney
Hassan Rouhani says United States must lift ‘illegal sanctions’ during Tehran meeting with Minister
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
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
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
‘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
Qatar returns to Gulf council in major diplomatic victory
Qatari emir refused to capitulate to Saudi, Emirati demands and ostracism campaign
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
Iran says ‘satellite-controlled’ gun used to kill nuclear scientist
Revolutionary Guards Corps says advanced camera was used to zoom in on scientist
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
Iran says nuclear scientist killed by remote-controlled device
Israel accused of using ‘electronic devices’ to assassinate Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in Tehran
Iran eyes sanctions prize despite scientist’s assassination
Rouhani keen for Biden to reaffirm nuclear deal as Arab states condemn killing
Iran’s president upbeat on US relations under Biden
Iran’s supreme leader has sketched out a more difficult path to normalisation
Trump plans weekly rounds of sanctions on Iran
Biden administration likely to re-engage with Tehran rather than punish it
Turkey condemns Charlie Hebdo cartoon mocking Erdogan
Ankara accuses publication of sowing ‘seeds of hatred’ amid tensions over teacher’s killing
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
Fears of regional war spiral around Nagorno-Karabakh
Diplomatic efforts intensify to halt fighting between Armenian and Azeri troops
US decision to adopt tough measures against Baghdad is ‘wrong one’
Pompeo pressure to disarm pro-Iran militias comes as ‘October surprise’ strikes feared
Iran responds to ‘illegal’ US move to reimpose UN sanctions
Iranian president vows ‘crushing response’ amid Trump administration announcement
Trump not receptive to Putin-backed summit on Iran
Putin suggestion came after Trump said he would trigger a ‘snapback’ of sanctions
Trump’s sanctions push Iran and Syria closer to China
Grouping of countries looking east called ‘axis of the sanctioned’
Coronavirus: Spain imposes second local lockdown after flare-ups
Round-up: Outbreaks in Galicia and Catalonia as Israel faces second wave of infections
Coronavirus: Iran makes wearing masks compulsory
Infected have ‘religious duty’, says president, as global case tally reaches 11.2m
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