American president’s comments signal tensions with ally Israel
Comments damp expectations of breakthrough to end long-running crisis over Tehran’s nuclear programme
Drop comes as US president says ‘serious negotiations’ are under way with Tehran
Measures come as Donald Trump offers olive branch to regime in Tehran
Foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has become one of the most influential people in the Islamic republic
Crude prices rise after US president intensifies pressure on Tehran as nuclear talks falter
Tehran imposes death penalty on man amid fears Israel is seeking to derail nuclear talks with US
Secretary of state suggests Tehran must import enriched uranium and halt domestic production
Adversaries will meet in Oman next week after ‘forward-looking’ negotiations in Rome
Trump has warned of potential military action if talks fail
Prince Khalid bin Salman is highest-ranking royal to hold meetings in Tehran in decades
Trump administration accuses Shandong Shengxing Chemical of buying crude as it increases pressure on Beijing and Tehran
Steve Witkoff’s comments come after he signalled Washington might accept limited uranium enrichment by Tehran
Trump team should accept that both Washington and Tehran need to make compromises
Steve Witkoff and Abbas Araghchi met briefly after indirect negotiations in Oman
US president hints at deal on Tehran’s nuclear weapons programme after meeting Netanyahu
President reveals plans to impose 10% universal levies and higher duties on major partners
Time is running out for an unpredictable US president and a distrustful Iranian supreme leader to avoid dangerous escalation
US measures are latest salvo in a ‘maximum pressure’ campaign on Tehran
Trump warns Tehran against supporting militant group, prompting angry response
Reformist president Masoud Pezeshkian’s hopes for détente with west in tatters as rival factions tighten grip on power
US president sends letter to supreme leader in Tehran in effort to resume talks
Fading hopes of negotiations with US and sanctions relief send currency to record low
Mohsen M Milani’s book charts the Islamic Republic’s rise to ‘peak power’ and the fall-out from Hamas’s assault on Israel
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says negotiations with US administration ‘neither wise, nor prudent, nor dignified’
