Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, left, and Hossein Shariatmadari, editor-in-chief of the Kayhan newspaper. AFP / Getty Images

Iran's Ghalibaf accused of going soft by hardliners in clash over next move

Negotiating with enemy 'must not be wrongly defined as compromise and passivity', Parliament Speaker says

Gulf

Qatar holds talks with Iran over temporary lane through Hormuz

Gulf

CommentIraq and Lebanon must rise together or fall one last time

Comment

Iran's bazaar merchants squeezed as rial hits record low

MENA

EGA’s Al Taweelah smelter restoration works reach 25 per cent after Iran strike

Economy

US sanctions could disrupt China’s Iranian oil as blockade takes toll

Energy

Petrol queues deepen across Iran as fuel shortages hit

MENA
Masoud Pezeshkian, the Iranian President, meets Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces, in Tehran, where talks continue to resolve the US-Iran war. Reuters

Pakistan and Oman step up diplomacy with Tehran as US-Iran tensions rise

Iran signals it will resist rising economic pressure from Washington

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UAE's Gargash says attacks on Gulf states ‘deepened’ Iran's predicament

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EditorialSyria-Israel talks are a step in the right direction

Editorial

Iran war tests Trump's trade truce with China

US

US announces sweeping new set of sanctions against Iran

US

UN proposes mechanism to protect fertiliser flow through Hormuz

US

Oman foreign minister to visit Tehran over Hormuz talks

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press conference to outline further sanctions against Iran, at the Treasury Department in Washington. Reuters
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US announces sweeping new set of sanctions against Iran

Bessent expects more countries to join in halting Iran trade ties

US

UN proposes mechanism to protect fertiliser flow through Hormuz

US

Oman foreign minister to visit Tehran over Hormuz talks

Gulf

Iran's currency hits record low ahead of US economic offensive

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