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Weekend EssayHow the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process sidelined Iran

With its enemy America driving events, rival Turkey emboldened and ally Russia distracted, Tehran is at risk of being encircled - how will it respond?

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Iran arrests Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi

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CommentIs Iran going through a crypto revolution?

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe launches Liberty fabric to symbolise detention

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Iran and Saudi Arabia agree to expand ties at Tehran meeting

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EditorialIran has rediscovered its voice but is unsettling its neighbours

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GCC condemns Iranian 'fallacies' about sovereignty of occupied islands

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Israel strikes the southern Lebanese village of Jbaa on Thursday. AFP

CommentFrom Venezuela to Lebanon, Trump is gradually encircling Iran and Hezbollah

For Washington, persuasion by pressure is still preferable over military force

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Smart drones and smuggled chips: How Iran wants to join the AI revolution

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Many scenarios, one outcome: Iraq caught between Iran and US after terror-list uproar

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Israel is a greater regional threat than Iran, says Prince Turki Al Faisal

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ExclusiveIraqi tycoon to fight against US sanctions from London base

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ExclusiveUK's minister says Israel blocking aid vital to Gaza ceasefire plan

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Iran sentences filmmaker Jafar Panahi to one year in prison

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Iraqi currency trader Ali Ghulam at his home in London. Photo: Gabriella Demczuk

ExclusiveIraqi tycoon to fight against US sanctions from London base

Ali Ghulam is accused of financing IRGC, but wants to resolve any threat to his fortune

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ExclusiveUK's minister says Israel blocking aid vital to Gaza ceasefire plan

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Iran sentences filmmaker Jafar Panahi to one year in prison

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CommentTime for Trump's deal-making team of envoys to start getting tough with Iran

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