Israel-Iran conflict

‘Fordow is gone’: the US enters the war in Iran

After ordering bunker-busting bombs to be dropped on the nuclear enrichment facility, Trump threatened that retaliatory strikes would end in “tragedy for Iran”

The Observer view: an attack that could change the world

History may judge the attack on Fordow a strategic success, but that does not give the US or Israel license to topple the Iranian regime

Despair of families watching attacks on Gaza food aid sites

With all eyes on Iran, starvation and killings at aid sites in Gaza continue unabated

Israeli hackers steal $90m Iranian crypto – and ‘burn’ it

Predatory Sparrow group that targeted Iran’s largest crypto exchange may be sponsored by Israel as part of country’s political war

The history of now: Israel and Iran

The two countries are often portrayed as arch-enemies but their shared history stretches back millennia and is marked by periods of cooperation and friendship

The UK needs to prepare for regime change in Tehran

The government’s policy on Iran is not grounded in reality – Britain must come up with a comprehensive plan, and do so fast

‘We don’t want Israel or the US handing us freedom on a drone.’ Tehran reacts to strikes

Amid the chaos and calls for evacuation, people are scrambling for food, internet access and information

Israel says Iran was months from a nuclear weapon. Others aren’t so sure

Claims Iran is close to building a bomb have been made for decades

International law does not permit regime change in Iran

Diplomacy needs to continue and the rules followed, says barrister and professor of law Philippe Sands

Israel’s strikes represent a stern test for Iran’s ayatollahs

Attacks by Israel could convince Iran it needs nuclear weapons to deter future aggression

An ‘easy target’? Killing the ayatollah would be almost unprecedented

Donald Trump’s rejection of Israel’s proposal to assassinate Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, revealed an extraordinary conversation. There is little precedent for presidents or prime ministers killing their opposite numbers, even in wartime

Any Israeli sense of victory will be short lived

Israel may have the intelligence, the capability and impunity to attack its enemies, but it cannot destroy them

The last thing we need is a new war diverting attention from Gaza

Unlike Hamas, Iran is the enemy Israel wants – and thinks it can defeat

Starmer deploys jets to Middle East after Iran threats

While urging Israel and Iran to reach a diplomatic solution, the prime minister ordered additional RAF planes to the region

How close Iran was to a making a nuclear bomb

Israel has struck a potentially fatal blow to Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. How close they were to completing a bomb remains in question

No ordinary war: we have entered the age of impunity

The US once held Netanyahu back. Israel’s attacks on Iran prove that restraint has gone

Iran’s nuclear brinkmanship can't mask decline

As repression tightens in Tehran, so has the rhetoric about Israel