Iran

It felt like this really could be the beginning of the end, Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe told her family today – as she was allowed out of prison in Tehran for three days. The British Iranian charity worker, who was sentenced to five years on spying charges she vehemently denies, has been reunited with her daughter…

If the EU and the British Government want to keep trade flowing to protect the Iran nuclear deal, it doesn’t seem to be succeeding.

The Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, who owns Chelsea FC, has been granted Israeli citizenship and has bought a home in Tel Aviv, after delays in getting his British visa renewed. Downing Street said he would be free to visit the UK, but would not be allowed to work here if he travels on his Israeli…

Hamed Mousavi is Professor of Political Science at the University of Tehran.

Michael McFaul served as the US Ambassador to Russia under President Obama and is the author of From Cold War to Hot Peace.

Chris Wilson is a conservative pollster and strategist who was the director of research and analytics for Senator Ted Cruz’s Presidential campaign.

It was all about centrifuges, industrial spinning tubes designed to enrich uranium and crucial to making a nuclear bomb. Five years ago, Iran was set to spin thousands of them, but the deal brokered in 2015 stopped almost all of them and Iran’s nuclear programme was frozen. But Donald Trump has never liked it, once…

Iran and other countries respond to President Trump’s announcement on the nuclear deal.

Former US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, has just written a new book with fellow Stanford political scientist. It’s called Political Risk and explores a world in which dangers to western democracies come not just from Iran or Russia, but also from non-state actors online.

Britain has urged the United States not to abandon the nuclear deal with Iran, after Israel released documents claiming Tehran had lied “big time” about its nuclear weapons programme. Boris Johnson said the deal was still vitally important to keep Iran’s activities in check. But Donald Trump has signalled he could walk away from the…

Two years ago today, dual-national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested by the authorities in Iran. Nazanin was then jailed for five-years accused of spying and trying to overthrow the Iranian regime – something she has always denied. Despite a high profile campaign and appeals to the Foreign Secretary for help, there’s no sign of any movement…

Risking their freedom and their safety: women across Iran have been removing their veils in defiance of the country’s strict religious laws. The campaign swiftly went viral after a young woman with her hair uncovered posted her photograph online back in December. She was finally released last weekend after being held for a month and…

A hardline Iranian cleric has declared the country should control its own social media, blaming apps like Messenger and Instagram for spreading days of anti-government protests. Friday prayers leader Ahmad Khatami said cyberspace was “kindling the fire of the battle”. So have the authorities managed to put a lid on the unrest?

There have been anti-government protests in Iran for a third day, in defiance of a much bigger pro-government rally. Economic protests about food prices and unemployment appear to have turned political, with videos showing protesters calling for the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to go.