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US-Iran tensions

  • Monday, 23 June, 2025
    Middle East war
    Trump promises end to ‘12 day war’ between Israel and Iran

    US president makes statement just hours after Tehran launched missiles at American base in Qatar

    President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R)
  • Monday, 23 June, 2025
    Oil & Gas industry
    Energy majors pull staff from Iraq amid fears of retaliation by Iran

    BP, TotalEnergies and Eni evacuate ‘some foreign personnel’ following US air strikes on Iranian nuclear sites

    An Iraqi national flag flying in front of excess gas as it is being burnt off at an oil refinery near Basra, Iraq
  • Monday, 23 June, 2025
    Oil
    Trump calls for immediate boost in US oil production

    Brent crude jumps to five-month high before sliding in volatile trading

    Oil storage tanks in Sealy, Texas.
  • Monday, 23 June, 2025
    News in-depthMiddle East war
    Military briefing: will Iran start a new ‘tanker war’?

    Ageing US mine-sweeping fleet ill-matched to counter a possible revival of 1980s campaign to blockade waterway

    The Singapore flagged 85-thousand ton Norman Atlantic stands ablaze 06 December 1987 after she was attacked by an Iranian warship in the Strait of Hormuz
  • Monday, 23 June, 2025
    Philip Gordon
    Real success for Trump in Iran will require de-escalation

    He should persuade the leadership in Tehran that this is still possible

    US President Donald Trump
  • Monday, 23 June, 2025
    Middle East war
    Trump taunts Iran with prospect of ‘regime change’ after strike on nuclear sites

    President’s social media posts contradict officials’ claims that US does not seek to topple government

    General Dan Caine discusses the mission details of a strike on Iran during a news conference at the Pentagon
  • Monday, 23 June, 2025
    Ellie Geranmayeh
    Trump and Tehran can still make a deal

    If Iran shows flexibility and Washington backs off maximalist demands, a regional quagmire could be averted

    A woman walks in front of an anti-US mural next to the former US embassy in Tehran
  • Monday, 23 June, 2025
    News in-depthMiddle East war
    Where is Iran’s uranium? Search continues for 400kg stockpile

    US and Israeli attacks hit key nuclear sites but questions remain over stash of enriched material

    Technicians work at a uranium conversion facility in Isfahan
  • Sunday, 22 June, 2025
    FT live news
    Israel-Iran day 10 as it happened: US enters Middle East conflict with strikes on Iran nuclear sites; Washington has ‘crossed a very big red line’, says Iranian foreign minister
  • Sunday, 22 June, 2025
    News in-depthMiddle East war
    How the US used stealth and decoys to launch surprise attack on Iran

    ‘Tactical surprise’ and ‘misdirection’ allowed American B-2 bombers to attack Iranian nuclear sites without drawing fire

    On Thursday Trump gave Tehran two weeks to reach a nuclear deal with the US. Two days later, B-2 bombers struck Iranian nuclear facilities
  • Sunday, 22 June, 2025
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Trump’s step into the dark

    America’s gamble in Iran makes the world a more dangerous place

    US President Donald Trump at the White House announces the strikes on Iran
  • Sunday, 22 June, 2025
    Middle East war
    Trump gambles his presidency as US enters war with Iran

    US president joins Israel’s attacks on Tehran months after vowing to keep America out of new conflicts

  • Sunday, 22 June, 2025
    Gideon Rachman
    The perils of war with Iran

    Tehran’s grand strategy has failed, but that is no guarantee Israel and America can succeed

    Ann Kiernan illustration of the US flag, with the red stripes shown as vapour trails behind missiles heading towards an industrial complex
  • Sunday, 22 June, 2025
    News in-depthMiddle East war
    Iran’s supreme leader faces his defining moment

    Ali Khamenei must choose between escalation, a diplomatic compromise with the US, or containing the conflict to Israel

    Iranians hold a portrait of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during an anti-Israel rally in Tehran
  • Sunday, 22 June, 2025
    Middle East war
    Israel weighs next phase of Iran campaign after US strikes

    IDF signals it will continue offensive while assessing impact of US raid on nuclear sites

    Israel Katz
  • Sunday, 22 June, 2025
    Middle East war
    Could an American bunker-buster have destroyed Iran’s nuclear mountain?

    The US claims it has ‘completely and totally obliterated’ Tehran’s Fordow site but is yet to provide evidence

    The bomb is being transported on a heavy duty vehicle
  • Sunday, 22 June, 2025
    Airlines
    BA and Singapore Airlines cancel Dubai flights after US bombs Iran

    More than 150 carriers have diverted or suspended flights

    British Airways aircraft
  • Sunday, 22 June, 2025
    Middle East war
    US bombs nuclear sites in Iran

    Trump tells Tehran to seek peace or face further attacks after bombers hit Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan

    From left, Vice-president JD Vance, President Donald Trump, secretary of state Marco Rubio and defence secretary Pete Hegseth during an address to the nation on June 21
  • Sunday, 22 June, 2025
    Middle East war
    How Iran could hit back at the US

    American troops in the Middle East and oil supplies from the Gulf could be targets after Trump joins war

    A man in Tehran walks past a banner depicting missiles launching from a map of Iran coloured with the national flag
  • Sunday, 22 June, 2025
    Middle East war
    Trump faces backlash from Maga base

    Critics concerned that US military personnel could face retaliation by Iran and its proxies

  • Saturday, 21 June, 2025
    Middle East war
    US moves B-2 stealth bombers into Pacific as Trump weighs entering war

    ‘Bunker-buster’ bombs carried by aircraft considered to have best chance of destroying Iran’s underground nuclear facility

  • Saturday, 21 June, 2025
    Swamp Notes podcast17 min listen
    Trump considers war in Iran

    US President Donald Trump considers bombing Iran — at the risk of alienating his base

  • Friday, 20 June, 2025
    FT live news
    Israel-Iran day 8 as it happened: Iran open to nuclear talks with Europe; Trump says he will not ask Israel to stop strikes

    European ministers and UN step up diplomatic efforts to resolve conflict

    France’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot, from left, Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy, Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, meet at an outdoor terrace table at the offices of the honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany in Geneva
  • Friday, 20 June, 2025
    Middle East war
    European ministers urge Iran to resume talks with Trump administration

    France, Germany and UK warn Tehran it may have to drop red line of refusing to talk to the US while under Israeli attack

    From left: David Lammy, Johann Wadephul, Jean-Noël Barrot and Kaja Kallas
  • Friday, 20 June, 2025
    Sanam Vakil
    The Israel-Iran conflict is a war of egos

    Khamenei, Netanyahu and Trump are seeking to secure their legacies — and shape the future of the region

    Ann Kiernan illustration of Trump looking at a map of Middle East region with Nethanyahu on the left and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the right of it.
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