The nation’s political heads and military chiefs emerged to attend the week-long tribute to the supreme leader, but his son and successor was still absent

The US president’s claim that the regime will never possess an atomic weapon is in doubt after a failure to locate its stockpile of enriched uranium

On Sunday evening, a framework deal between the US and Iran was signed to end the four-month war. Will the deal last?   Host: Madeleine Parr Writer & Producer: Amalie Sortland and Poppy Bullard Episode Photography: Joe Mee Executive producer: Jasper Corbett  

After months of fighting, negotiators have finally brokered a peace deal. It remains to be seen whether peace will actually come

The US president’s latest claim – his 39th, by some accounts – to be on be verge of an agreement with the regime finally appears to ring true

Trump wants peace in the Middle East but he is struggling to reign in Israel’s bombing campaigns in Iran and Lebanon.

More difficult conversations on Iran's nuclear programme are to come

The Israeli prime minister has signalled his intention to take over further swathes of the territory as Trump’s peace deal seemingly lies in tatters

It cannot champion liberal democracy while giving Turkey a free ride

It will be hard to keep both voters and his usual coalition partners on side

Tehran demands fees for transit and threatens subsea cables to cement control over the world’s most vital oil waterway

Markets may still be underestimating the depth of the crisis

The US president’s hopes of bringing the Iranian economy to its knees are being thwarted on multiple fronts

Talks are advancing faster than either side is willing to admit

The price of a barrel could rise above $200 if the strait standoff continues, and a sale to Beijing would buy Iran another two months

It also speaks to its desire to pump more oil

Tehran is intensifying its threats to those among the diaspora who have criticised it from abroad, vowing to punish all dissent

Tehran continues to play a waiting game while time is not on the US president’s side

Iran has not yet confirmed if it will attend peace talks with the US

The ceasefire raised hopes of escape but thousands of seamen, some hungry and unpaid, remain stuck in floating ‘prisons’