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Barack Obama's failures in Syria and Iraq have gifted supremacy to Vladimir Putin's resurgent Russia
The US president's disengagement from the Middle East will be his legacy.
Orlando Crowcroft Sep 28, 2015
Labour: Hilary Benn urges West to include Russia and Iran in Syria plan [Full speech]
The shadow foreign secretary spoke at Labour's annual conference in Brighton on 28 September.
Staff Reporter Sep 28, 2015
Isis in Syria: French jets 'wipe out' Islamic State training camp during first air strikes in Syria
President Francois Hollande tells United Nations, President Assad cannot be part of Syria peace deal.
Mark Piggott Sep 27, 2015
Iraq agrees to share intelligence with Russia, Iran and Syria in battle against Isis
Announcement comes with Russia stepping up military involvement in Middle East.
Tom Porter Sep 27, 2015
Hajj disaster: Iran's Ayatollah demands apology from Saudi Arabia over stampede
140 Iranians were among those killed in the tragedy.
Tom Porter Sep 27, 2015
Hajj disaster: Top Saudi cleric says pilgrimage tragedy 'beyond human control'
The Saudi government has faced criticism for its handling of the tragedy
William Watkinson Sep 26, 2015
Pro-Israeli fury as George Osborne eager to lead UK's first trade mission to Iran since Islamic revolution
The chancellor has said he wants to see trade grown between Britain and the OPEC member.
Callum Paton Sep 25, 2015
Nuclear deal: World needs Iran to stabilise 'very unsafe' Middle East threatened by likes of Isis
Swiss ambassador Giulio Haas says the motivation behind investing in Iran was not just financial.
Bauke Schram Sep 25, 2015
Ali Mohammed Al-Nimr: Why does Saudi Arabia behead and crucify prisoners?
Crucifixion has traditionally been reserved for criminal gangs and bandits.
Orlando Crowcroft Sep 23, 2015
Iran: Women fined £169 for wearing 'bad hijabs'
Two Iranian women have been fined by a Tehran court for violating the mandatory Islamic dress code in Iran.
Maria Khan Sep 16, 2015
Letter from Iran: In Tehran, the rich drive Jaguars and nobody is scared of McDonalds
Iranians are divided about the real impact of the nuclear deal with the US and Europe
Maryam Babak Sep 15, 2015
Iran unleashed: Can America stop Tehran destabilising the Middle East?
Emma Sky, who helped rule post-invasion Iraq as governor of Kirkuk, discusses her new book The Unravelling.
Orlando Crowcroft Sep 08, 2015
Nuclear deal: Iranians eager to buy foreign goods after sanctions are lifted
96% of Iranians want to travel abroad with interestingly the US as the most popular destination.
Bauke Schram Sep 08, 2015
Iran: Cars of 'poorly veiled women' to be confiscated by police
Women found without a head covering or loosely fixed veils could have their cars seized by police in Tehran.
Maria Khan Sep 02, 2015
Iranian police seize goods bearing 'Satanic' US and UK flags
Police in Iran have arrested distributors for selling garments which bear the flags of the US and the UK.
Romil Patel Sep 02, 2015
Iran: 'Death to America 2015' graffiti on wall of former US Embassy erased
A group of Iranian men appear to have painted over the anti-American graffiti.
Nicole Rojas Sep 02, 2015
Iran's first bitcoin exchange opens in effort to exploit 'huge untapped market'
BTXCapital offers instant bitcoin deposits and real-time buy and sell orders to users in Iran.
Anthony Cuthbertson Aug 27, 2015
Tourists return to Iran after nuclear deal with West
Travel firm predicts tourism boost for Iran if international sanctions lifted in early 2016.
Adam Justice Aug 26, 2015
Feared Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani is 'kind and emotional'
Interview seeks to emphasise commander's kinder side amid thawing of tensions with West.
Tom Porter Aug 26, 2015
Iran: Sunni Muslims condemn biopic 'Muhammad' film
Iran's most expensive religious film based on life of the prophet sparks anger among Sunni critics.
Maria Khan Aug 25, 2015
Philip Hammond: Iran an important power in the Middle East
Britain reopened its embassy in Tehran on Sunday 23 August, a striking signal of how Western ties with Iran have thawed.
Adam Justice Aug 24, 2015
Iranian embassy to re-open in London 35 years after terrorist siege
Iran will re-open UK embassy in Tehran on street named after IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands.
Mark Banham Aug 23, 2015
Philip Hammond in Tehran to reopen ransacked British embassy
UK's diplomatic mission set to reopen in Iran signalling thaw in ties between London and Tehran.
Vasudevan Sridharan Aug 23, 2015
Iran unveils new ballistic missile to the world and announces drone destruction
Fateh 313 will have the capability to hit targets more than 300km from launch site.
Mark Banham Aug 22, 2015
White House expresses confidence over IAEA and Iran arrangement
IAEA has reportedly allowed Iranian experts to inspect their own Parchin nuclear facility raising concerns.
Vasudevan Sridharan Aug 20, 2015
Russia and Iran agree deal on delivery of S-300 missiles
Iranian officials finalise deal for updated surface-to-air missiles.
Tom Porter Aug 19, 2015
British assisted destruction of Saddam Hussein's sarin chemical weapons in Iraq
UK twice found and destroyed chemical weapons as old stockpile moved about the country on black market.
Graham Lanktree Aug 18, 2015
Iran's Khamenei warns US against using Vienna nuclear deal for 'infiltration'
Supreme Leader says Tehran remains firm opponent of US Middle East policy.
Vasudevan Sridharan Aug 18, 2015
End of Iran sanctions bad for independent Scotland?
Before sanctions were imposed by the West and some other nations, Iran reckoned that it could produce four million barrels of oil per day for the next 100 years on known oil reserves.
Graeme Mackay Aug 10, 2015
Deadly heatwave claims lives across Middle East and Europe
In Iran record 73C temperatures stunned meteorologists as protests erupted in Iraq over electricity.
Graham Lanktree Aug 06, 2015
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