Iran

The Explainer US president threatening to attack Iran’s nuclear programme, months after boasting of obliterating it

By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published 26 February 26

Today’s Big Question Once again, fears of a wider Middle East war

By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published 25 February 26

speed read The Trump administration is considering an attack on Iran, despite cautioning from the Pentagon’s top general Dan Caine

By Peter Weber, The Week US Published 24 February 26

Speed Read Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held negotiations aimed at securing a nuclear deal with Iran and an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine

By Peter Weber, The Week US Published 18 February 26

Today’s Big Question President Donald Trump has recently been threatening the country

By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published 17 February 26

Podcast Plus, why has Elon Musk turned from Mars to the Moon? And will the BBC prove to be a puzzles champ?

By The Week UK Published 13 February 26

In depth What led to the overthrow of the Shah and are there parallels between then and now?

By The Week UK Last updated 10 February 26

Speed Read The incident comes amid heightened tensions in the Middle East

By Peter Weber, The Week US Published 4 February 26

Today’s Big Question Diplomatic talks set to be held in Turkey on Friday, but failure to reach an agreement could have ‘terrible’ global ramifications

By Will Barker, The Week UK Published 3 February 26

In the Spotlight Regime blames killing of ‘several thousand’ people on foreign actors and uses videos of bodies as ‘psychological warfare’ to scare protesters

By The Week UK Published 21 January 26

The Explainer The seizure of a Russian tanker in the Atlantic last week has drawn attention to the country’s clandestine shipping network

By The Week UK Published 18 January 26

In Depth The moral case for removing the ayatollahs is clear, but what a post-regime Iran would look like is anything but

By The Week UK Published 17 January 26