• November 19 2025
  Nuclear proliferation

  Iranian nuclear experts held second covert meeting with Russian weapons institute

  US claims meeting is part of an effort by Tehran to acquire sensitive military technologies from Moscow

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• November 5 2025
  Iran must ‘seriously improve’ nuclear co-operation, watchdog says

  UN nuclear chief says inspectors have not been granted access to country’s most important facilities

  
• October 22 2025
  Iran

  Iran’s energy crisis forces attempt to shift from oil to solar

  Tehran imposes rolling blackouts as energy shortages deepen because of US sanctions and lack of investment

  
• September 28 2025
  Iran hit with reimposition of sanctions over its nuclear programme

  Tehran says other nations should ‘refuse to recognise this illegal act’

  
• September 12 2025
  Iran

  Iran says enriched uranium stockpile buried under bombed sites

  Fate of hundreds of kilogrammes of fissile material has been unclear since Israel and US bombing campaign in June

  
• September 10 2025
  UN and Iran take ‘important step’ towards restarting nuclear inspections

  Agreement comes after UK, France and Germany triggered mechanism to reimpose UN sanctions later this month

  
• August 28 2025
  UK, France and Germany reimpose nuclear sanctions on Iran

  ‘Snapback’ process comes after failed diplomatic push to convince Tehran to resume negotiations with US

  
• August 27 2025
  France, Germany and UK prepare to reimpose sanctions on Iran

  E3 countries are expected to trigger process contained in 2015 nuclear accord as hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough fade

  
• August 24 2025
  US-Iran tensions

  Iran’s supreme leader rules out direct talks with US

  Ayatollah Ali Khamenei strikes defiant note and accuses Washington of seeking Iranian surrender

  
• August 13 2025
  France, Germany and UK willing to reimpose sanctions on Iran

  E3 group tells UN it is ready to trigger ‘snapback’ mechanism unless Tehran resumes nuclear talks

  
• August 5 2025
  FT Investigations

  The covert trip by Iranian nuclear experts to Russia

  An Iranian delegation visited Russian scientific institutes that produce dual-use technologies — components with potential applications in nuclear weapons research

  
• July 31 2025
  InterviewMiddle East war

  US must agree compensation before nuclear talks, Iran’s foreign minister says

  Abbas Araghchi tells FT ‘road to negotiation is narrow’ as he lays out conditions for renewed diplomacy after war

  
• July 25 2025
  European allies dangle Iran sanctions delay to revive US nuclear talks

  Signatories of 2015 deal propose extending upcoming UN deadline if Tehran resumes negotiations

  
• July 8 2025
  Abbas Araghchi

  Iran’s foreign minister: Israel’s war sabotaged diplomacy. The US can revive it

  Our commitment to acting responsibly to avoid a full-scale regional war should not be misinterpreted as weakness

  
• July 7 2025
  Iran

  Iran’s president says Israel tried to kill him during 12-day war

  Masoud Pezeshkian says he would be open to renewed dialogue with the US over country’s nuclear programme

  
• June 28 2025
  Middle East war

  Iran holds funeral procession for top commanders killed in Israeli strikes

  Mourners take to Tehran streets but supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei does not attend traditional prayers

  
• June 27 2025
  US-Iran tensions

  Trump says US would ‘absolutely’ bomb Iran again to stop enrichment

  President’s comments come as intelligence reports raise doubts about success of American raid on nuclear sites

  
• June 26 2025
  Middle East war

  Khamenei says US bombing of Iran ‘did not achieve anything’

  Supreme leader’s comments come amid conflicting accounts of the damage to country’s nuclear facilities

  
• June 26 2025
  Middle East war

  Military briefing: Israel and Iran size up war damage

  Satellite images show misfires in Jewish state and damage to Iranian nuclear sites as foes emerge from conflict

  
• June 25 2025
  The FT ViewThe editorial board

  A fragile truce in the Middle East

  Trump should champion diplomatic efforts if he wants peace to endure

  
• June 25 2025
  Iran

  Iran’s parliament votes to halt co-operation with nuclear watchdog

  Tehran expected to quickly implement proposal ending work with IAEA and suspending treaty commitments

  
• June 25 2025
  News in-depthMiddle East war

  Trump, Netanyahu and the new Middle East

  US and Israeli campaign to defang Iran could herald a fresh era of instability for the region

  
• June 24 2025
  FT live news

  Israel-Iran day 12 as it happened: Fragile truce appears to take hold after Trump rebukes Israel and Iran; White House hits out at ‘leaked’ intelligence assessment on Iran strikes

  Israel claimed ceasefire that went into effect on Tuesday morning had been broken by Tehran

  
• June 24 2025
  Gary Samore

  Does Iran’s nuclear programme have a future?

  Tehran could react to the war by withdrawing from the non-proliferation treaty and covertly pursuing a bomb

  
• June 24 2025
  News in-depthMiddle East war

  How Trump brokered a shaky Israel-Iran ceasefire

  Tentative truce seeks to bring an end to destructive 12-day conflict that has reshaped Middle East