Jon Snow
Iran begins to emerge from three decades of isolation
Iran’s Chief Negotiator Abbas Araghchi tells me that there is a genuine negotiating bond of respect with the United States, but the negotiations are hard.
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Jon Snow
Islamic State turning old enemies into new allies
Amid the rise of and widespread exhibition of the vile inhumanity of the Islamic State, has been the tender opening of dialogue between two vast regional enemies – Iran and Saudi Arabia.
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Jon Snow
Why the Iran nuclear deal is the overture to much more
It is not so different from the nuclear deal Hassan Rouhani offered when he was Tehran’s nuclear negotiator 10 years ago. Now he’s Iran’s president and the western powers are desperate for a deal.
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Jon Snow
Can two old priests change the world?
Both these priests have huge mountains of prejudice and doubt to climb but Pope Francis and Iran’s Rouhani may herald a more creative and hopeful era.
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Jon Snow
The UN's comeback moment: will hope and history chime?
Should the American and Iranian presidents manage to grasp a handshake in the margins of the UN general assembly, it could prove the most important handshake since the ending of the cold war.
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Ahmadinejad’s legacy: how Iran has changed
What legacy does Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leave for his successor, the “moderate” cleric Hassan Rouhani after eight years of controversial power?
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Jon Snow
Experiencing Iran at a potentially devastating moment in history
As Dr Hassan Rouhani steps up to lead Iran, will his election make a real difference to a country where its security services truly hold the real power?
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Iran president Rouhani: relations with US need to heal
New Iranian president Hassan Rouhani says relations with the US are “an old wound that needs to be healed”, but adds that America needs to respect Iran’s nuclear rights.
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Jon Snow
Eyes of the world on Iran as polls open
As Iranians head to the polls to choose their next president, Jon Snow – the only British journalist Tehran -asks if this could be a moment for radical change.
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Trying to understand the stand-off with Iran
With few foreign journalists now based in Iran, the lack of information coming out has helped the western powers to demonise the government and the country itself.
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Jon Snow
Return to a sombre, less vibrant Iran
On the surface, Tehran thrives. But the atmosphere in the run-up to the presidential elections is more sombre as Iran remains in a stalemate with the west over its nuclear programme.
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Will Iran’s elections bring democracy?
Jon Snow reports from Tehran, where Friday’s presidential elections will bring a new leader, but little hope of the radical reform campaigners want.
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I was there: Jon Snow recalls Iran’s 1979 revolution
Thirty-one years ago, wedged amongst a chanting, seething sea of black-clad women moving through downtown Tehran, we knew were in on a moment in history – writes Jon Snow.
