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Nigel Farage v Count Binface
36 mins • S1, E349
Ruth Michaelson
Iran’s ‘funeral of the century’ for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei draws regime’s top brass out of hiding
Tue 7 Jul 2026
Fred Harter
The funeral of Iran’s slain supreme leader sends a message of defiance
Tue 7 Jul 2026
Juweria Fatima, Year 10-11
Truth in Strands of Hair
Sun 5 Jul 2026
David Aaronovitch
Echoes of Chamberlain: Trump’s Iran peace agreement is ‘the Emperor’s new deal’
Mon 22 Jun 2026
Ruth Michaelson
Iran’s missing ‘nuclear dust’ casts cloud over Trump’s Tehran deal
Sun 21 Jun 2026
Oliver Marsden
Israel and Hezbollah’s Lebanon war rages on in defiance of ceasefire deal
Sat 20 Jun 2026
The US-Iran peace deal
8 mins • S1, E1382
Ruth Michaelson
Trump hails peace deal between US and Iran – but the stickiest issues remain
Mon 15 Jun 2026
Ruth Michaelson
Trump deal with Iran has ‘never been closer’, says Tehran
Sun 14 Jun 2026
Ruth Michaelson
The collapse of the Iran-Israel ceasefire shows Trump is not calling the shots
Mon 8 Jun 2026
Liz Cookman
Across the globe, internet blackouts are a new tool for autocratic regimes
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Ruth Michaelson
The US and Iran can’t agree how to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
Mon 1 Jun 2026
Ruth Michaelson
‘Let’s start with 70% control’: Benjamin Netanyahu pledges to extend occupation of Gaza
Sun 31 May 2026
The Observer view
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?
8 mins
Ruth Michaelson
Iran tightens grip on Strait of Hormuz with ‘mafia-esque’ tolls
Sun 24 May 2026
Hugh Tomlinson
‘Utterly stupid, morally wrong’: Republican fury over Trump’s $1.8bn slush fund for Capitol rioters
Sun 24 May 2026
Ruth Michaelson
Warning signs flash red for global oil supply
Wed 20 May 2026
The Strait of Hormuz is still closed
8 mins • S1, E1362
Ruth Michaelson
Iran’s banks defy Trump financial sanctions to keep business as usual for regime
Sat 9 May 2026
Ruth Michaelson
Iran reviews US-based framework for ending the war
Thu 7 May 2026
Emma Haslett
Housebuilders hit by ‘perfect storm’ of regulation and war
Sun 3 May 2026
Ruth Michaelson
While Trump pitches ‘Project Freedom’, Tehran pins hopes of surviving blockade on oil barrels destined for China
Sun 3 May 2026
Isabel Coles
The Iranian women dissidents caught in the crosshairs of an AI propaganda war
Fri 1 May 2026
Ruth Michaelson
‘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
32 mins • S1, E328
Ruth Michaelson
Trump’s social media sabre-rattling won’t get Iranians to the negotiating table
Thu 23 Apr 2026
Ruth Michaelson
Talks to end the Iran war are shrouded in uncertainty
Tue 21 Apr 2026
Ten to midnight: Iran’s nuclear arms race
34 mins • S1, E396
Ruth Michaelson
Stranded sailors fear for their lives in the Strait of Hormuz
Sun 19 Apr 2026
John Simpson
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
25 mins • S1, E327
The political strategy behind Israel’s ongoing attacks on Lebanon
7 mins • S1, E1339
Ruth Michaelson
US and Iran reach impasse as Islamabad talks fail
Sun 12 Apr 2026
Ben Zaranko
Tolls to pass Hormuz could mark the end for ‘petrodollar’
Sun 12 Apr 2026
Will Hutton
Apocalypse now? The politics of panic is the real enemy
Sun 12 Apr 2026
Ruth Michaelson
Airstrikes are no longer the threat. Iranians now live under the shadow of the gibbet
Sun 12 Apr 2026
Kenan Malik
Iranians are the biggest losers in a war that has exposed the limits of US power
Sun 12 Apr 2026
