Nigel Farage v Count Binface

Iran’s ‘funeral of the century’ for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei draws regime’s top brass out of hiding

Tue 7 Jul 2026

The funeral of Iran’s slain supreme leader sends a message of defiance

Tue 7 Jul 2026

Truth in Strands of Hair

Sun 5 Jul 2026

Echoes of Chamberlain: Trump’s Iran peace agreement is ‘the Emperor’s new deal’

Mon 22 Jun 2026

Iran’s missing ‘nuclear dust’ casts cloud over Trump’s Tehran deal

Sun 21 Jun 2026

Israel and Hezbollah’s Lebanon war rages on in defiance of ceasefire deal

Sat 20 Jun 2026

The US-Iran peace deal

Trump hails peace deal between US and Iran – but the stickiest issues remain

Mon 15 Jun 2026

Trump deal with Iran has ‘never been closer’, says Tehran

Sun 14 Jun 2026

The collapse of the Iran-Israel ceasefire shows Trump is not calling the shots

Mon 8 Jun 2026

Across the globe, internet blackouts are a new tool for autocratic regimes

Sun 7 Jun 2026

The US and Iran can’t agree how to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

Mon 1 Jun 2026

‘Let’s start with 70% control’: Benjamin Netanyahu pledges to extend occupation of Gaza

Sun 31 May 2026

The Observer view: Trump’s war in Iran has made him Putin’s useful idiot

Sun 31 May 2026

Why is the government pushing for price caps?

Iran tightens grip on Strait of Hormuz with ‘mafia-esque’ tolls

Sun 24 May 2026

‘Utterly stupid, morally wrong’: Republican fury over Trump’s $1.8bn slush fund for Capitol rioters

Sun 24 May 2026

Warning signs flash red for global oil supply

Wed 20 May 2026

The Strait of Hormuz is still closed

Iran’s banks defy Trump financial sanctions to keep business as usual for regime

Sat 9 May 2026

Iran reviews US-based framework for ending the war

Thu 7 May 2026

Housebuilders hit by ‘perfect storm’ of regulation and war

Sun 3 May 2026

While Trump pitches ‘Project Freedom’, Tehran pins hopes of surviving blockade on oil barrels destined for China

Sun 3 May 2026

The Iranian women dissidents caught in the crosshairs of an AI propaganda war

Fri 1 May 2026

‘It is weaker, but will be nastier’: Iranian exiles fear long reach of vengeful regime

Sun 26 Apr 2026

Why your hay fever is getting worse

Trump’s social media sabre-rattling won’t get Iranians to the negotiating table

Thu 23 Apr 2026

Talks to end the Iran war are shrouded in uncertainty

Tue 21 Apr 2026

Ten to midnight: Iran’s nuclear arms race

Stranded sailors fear for their lives in the Strait of Hormuz

Sun 19 Apr 2026

Arson attacks on Jewish targets may be linked to group recruiting teens on Snapchat

Sat 18 Apr 2026

Why Trump is feuding with the Pope

The political strategy behind Israel’s ongoing attacks on Lebanon

US and Iran reach impasse as Islamabad talks fail

Sun 12 Apr 2026

Tolls to pass Hormuz could mark the end for ‘petrodollar’

Sun 12 Apr 2026

Apocalypse now? The politics of panic is the real enemy

Sun 12 Apr 2026

Airstrikes are no longer the threat. Iranians now live under the shadow of the gibbet

Sun 12 Apr 2026

Iranians are the biggest losers in a war that has exposed the limits of US power

Sun 12 Apr 2026

Online safety laws fail to protect children from scammers

Fri 10 Apr 2026

Should we be scared of Mythos, Anthropic’s new AI?

The US claims victory – but tense negotiations with Iran go on

Thu 9 Apr 2026

Donald Trump’s victory boast does not accord with reality

Thu 9 Apr 2026

The US-Iran ceasefire

Ceasefire deal gives Tehran the upper hand

Wed 8 Apr 2026

US satellite blackout has a troubling history

Wed 8 Apr 2026

The Iran war will make life in the UK even more expensive

Tue 7 Apr 2026

Global conflict sends satellite demand stratospheric

Sun 5 Apr 2026

Once the parachute opens the real fight for survival begins, rescued pilot says

Sun 5 Apr 2026

Food, energy and mortgages ... the next economic casualties of the Iran war

Sun 5 Apr 2026

‘Forty-eight hours before all hell will rain down’: Trump warns Iran over Hormuz

Sat 4 Apr 2026

Who’s next? Bondi the latest loyalist dumped as Trump lashes out

Sat 4 Apr 2026

White House chaos intensifies after Iran downs two US warplanes

Sat 4 Apr 2026

‘Operation Epstein Fury’: Iran employs AI propaganda as weapon of war

Thu 2 Apr 2026

The Iran war and MAGA

How the Iran war is affecting our cost of living

The ‘gate of tears’ poses another headache for the global economy

Tue 31 Mar 2026

Are war crimes happening in the Iran war?

Trump must be stopped before this war exacts a price the world can’t pay

Sun 29 Mar 2026

Gulf states urge Trump to ‘finish the job’ as US considers targets for ground troops

Sun 29 Mar 2026

Shirin Ebadi: Iranian regime told me ‘killing you would be easy’

Sun 29 Mar 2026

Strait of Hormuz closure’s deep global impact on food

Sun 29 Mar 2026

Donald Trump says Iran is begging him to strike a deal. Tehran tells a different story

Thu 26 Mar 2026

Trump’s maximal war gains have yielded mixed results

Wed 25 Mar 2026

The arson attack on Jewish charity ambulances

Trump had no grounds to believe Iranian regime’s nuclear programme posed ‘imminent threat’

Mon 23 Mar 2026

Iran war exposes reliance on China for rare earths used in weapons

Sun 22 Mar 2026

Europe must find a way to defend itself that does not rely on the US

Sun 22 Mar 2026

Divided by the war, Maga and America First are threatening to rip apart Trump’s presidency

Sun 22 Mar 2026

UK won’t be drawn into the war, says Cooper as Iran targets Diego Garcia

Sun 22 Mar 2026

Cost of conflict: why oil and gas are Iran’s most lethal weapons

Sun 22 Mar 2026

How gamblers are trying to rewrite the record of the Iran war

Thu 19 Mar 2026

The killing of Iran’s security chief marks a turning point

Wed 18 Mar 2026

Donald Trump is trying and failing to draw US allies into the war in Iran

Tue 17 Mar 2026

Iranian footballers are refusing asylum

Kill talk: Pete Hegseth and the language of war

Mass displacement in Lebanon

Vladimir Putin is the main beneficiary of the Iran war

Mon 16 Mar 2026

UK to deploy mine-hunting systems in Gulf

Sun 15 Mar 2026

War is not a game of Call of Duty, Mr Trump

Sun 15 Mar 2026

US urged to release evidence it was responsible for school strike

Sun 15 Mar 2026

Surge in oil and gas prices amid Iran war adds to crisis for Ineos

Sun 15 Mar 2026

‘Our mission is to drive for clean, homegrown energy we can control’

Sun 15 Mar 2026

Tehran warns UAE to evacuate major ports as Hormuz shipping crisis deepens

Sun 15 Mar 2026

How Trump brought Netanyahu’s longtime dream of Iran’s destruction within reach

Sun 15 Mar 2026

Trump is a man without a plan

Sun 15 Mar 2026

Iran’s new leader is nowhere to be found, as rivals jostle for power in Tehran

Sun 15 Mar 2026

Dear Keir: don’t do anything rash, like slagging off your mate on Truth Social

Sat 14 Mar 2026

The Mandelson files

The Strait of Hormuz allows Iran to have the world over a barrel

Thu 12 Mar 2026

What to read to understand Iran

Thu 12 Mar 2026

War in the Middle East: How bad is the economic shock?

The shattered mirrors of Tehran: war comes to Iran’s Golestan Palace

Wed 11 Mar 2026

Mojtaba Khamenei gives a dangerous new dimension to the Middle East crisis

Tue 10 Mar 2026

The new supreme leader of Iran

Mojtaba Khamenei’s appointment as supreme leader shows Iran has no plans to surrender

Mon 9 Mar 2026

Latest Israeli strikes on Lebanon could mark the beginning of the end for Hezbollah

Sun 8 Mar 2026

Starmer’s ‘Love Actually moment’ with Trump treads a fine line

Sun 8 Mar 2026

Bringing Iran to ‘Goldilocks’ point underpins the rationale behind this war

Sun 8 Mar 2026