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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Iran’s Rouhani addresses the UN – in tweets
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani gives his view on how to tackle Islamic extremism in the Middle East – and tweets most of it as he does so.
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Tehran’s chief negotiator says IS threatens Iran and UK
Iran’s chief negotiator tells Jon Snow that it is actively engaging Islamic State, which “threatens UK and Iran equally”, but that US sanctions on its nuclear programme go against the spirit of talks.
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Jon Snow
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Could Iran work with US to defeat IS?
Jon Snow reports from Tehran, where Iranians are keen to deny any deals are in place with the US to tackle the threat of IS.
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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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Botched injection prompts calls for new execution methods
A US man was left gasping for air for almost two hours after his lethal injection execution went wrong, leading to calls for the return of the firing squad.
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Isis declare the Islamic caliphate – hype or a new reality?
Osama bin Laden’s dream is declared a reality, as the Islamic caliphate is announced by the militants of Isis today, who also demand all other jihadi groups pledge allegiance.
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Sunni militants ‘seize three key Iraq towns’
Sunni insurgents led by al-Qaeda splinter group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (Isis), capture three towns in Iraq’s western Anbar province, security sources claim.
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Jon Snow
At last, Washington's poodle asserts itself on Iran
Britain must make up its own independent mind as to how to behave towards Tehran, now that a thaw in UK-Iran relations is underway.
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Should the west embrace Iran?
Iranian-American writer Azadeh Moaveni, a former US director of Defense at the National Security Council Kori Schake, and former Defence Minister Dr Liam Fox debate in the Channel 4 News studio.
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My enemy’s enemy? US considers Iran co-operation
They have been called state sponsors of terrorism – but now the United States is considering working together with Iran, as both countries try to stop Iraq disintegrating into chaos.
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Iraq crisis: John Kerry says air strikes in Iraq an option
The US is considering drone strikes to help the Iraqi government, Secretary of State John Kerry says, after photos emerge that appear to show Sunni extremists massacring captured Iraqi soldiers.
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Iran is ‘ready to help neighbour Iraq’
Iran is ready to assist the Iraqi government in its battle against extremist Sunni Islamists, President Hassan Rouhani says.
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What caused Iraq’s sectarian crisis?
Iraq is riven by a catastrophic Sunni-Shia divide. Analyst Prof Mohammad Marandi, former US adviser on Iraq Dr Meghan O’Sullivan, and former Iraqi PM Ayad Allawi give their views.
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Sandstorm engulfs Iranian capital Tehran
A huge sandstorm and record winds kill at least four people in Tehran, leading to power cuts in the city.
