Iran: The Latest

US Navy drained by Iran war as Hegseth-Pentagon turmoil grows

US Vice President JD Vance has said there will be an investigation into a deadly strike on a wedding in southern Iran after an American precision-guided glide bomb appear

Iran hostage crisis: 'My mum was in Evin prison when Israel bombed it'

What’s it like to be taken hostage by the Iranian regime and imprisoned for months on end in Evin, Tehran’s most notorious prison, amid an unprecedented war with the US a

US strikes IRGC bases & what the Iran war means for China invading Taiwan

Donald Trump has ordered the deadliest attacks against Iranian targets since July, striking IRGC air defense systems, radars, telecommunications - and reportedly a weddin

Trump vows to hit Iran ‘hard’ despite US military war warning

For the first time in over a month, fighting has erupted in the Strait of Hormuz after US forces struck Iranian sea mine-equipped rocket launchers on Larak Island. Iran r

Simon Sebag-Montefiore on the Iran war: Trump’s mistakes, Israel’s overreach and the end of the ‘Middle East’

"Israel is in a situation of kind of spectacular military virtuosity, but also strategic impoverishment. You cannot kill everybody."  On today’s bank holiday bonus episo

Hegseth in the firing line after six months of war

Six months into the Iran conflict, the war has devolved into an economic ‘quagmire’ as the US shifts strategy from kinetic strikes to prolonged blockade tactics under "Op

‘We’re going to see a reckoning’ of the global order: Middle East scholar’s verdict

On today’s episode of Iran: The Latest, Sophia Yan is joined by Middle East scholar Vali Nasr to assess the state of the conflict as it hits the six-month mark. They disc

CIA Chief's secret Moscow flight - Has the US tried to bargain with Putin over Iran?

As the US-Iran war approaches the six-month mark, CIA Director John Ratcliffe makes a secret eight-hour flight to Moscow to meet with Russian officials.  On today’s epis

US vows "Economic Warfare" as the UK prepares for infrastructure blackouts

Iran shut down a British power plant for four days in an unprecedented cyber attack, in what can be described as the most serious incident of its kind.  On today’s episo

Trump to unleash ‘Economic D Day’ on Iran as blockade bites

With the US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent set to announce the ‘greatest financial offensive ever’ against Iran, Roland sits down with the Telegraph’s chief foreign aff

‘Bloodbath’: Why Trump could lose the House over the Iran war

As the Strait of Hormuz closure pushes US petrol prices past $4 a gallon and Donald Trump’s approval ratings hit rock bottom, the Republicans are increasingly worried the

‘No way out’: How Trump trapped US in Iran war as world stands by

‘If there were a university delivering degrees in strategic malpractice, Donald Trump would without a doubt graduate summa cum laude.’ On today’s episode of Iran: the La

Trump vows 'economic D-Day' as US jets escort oil tankers through Hormuz

Donald Trump has vowed an ‘economic D-Day’ to crush Iran, amid news that the US military is stealthily getting oil out of the Strait of Hormuz despite Tehran’s attacks. W

UAE cuts Iran’s economic lifeline after ‘ballistic missile strikes’

The UAE has dealt Iran a major blow by cutting off trade ties after accusing Tehran of firing two ballistic missiles towards the Gulf state. The missiles eventually lande

Iran strikes ship in Strait of Hormuz after Trump threatens to bomb Oman

Iran has attacked another vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, just a day after Donald Trump threatened to bomb US ally Oman if it “gets in the way” of comatose US negotiation

Trump ‘weighing nuclear attack on Iran’ as peace deal expires

As the US-Iran ceasefire officially expires and the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, is Donald Trump considering using nuclear weapons to break the war stalemate?  On to

Strait of Hormuz oil spills, power outages and black rain: Iran’s escalating war damage

The US-Israel-Iran war has led to black rain and oil spills in the Strait of Hormuz - is the country facing an environmental crisis because of Donald Trump? In this week

US vows indefinite blockade & how China became Iran’s 'ventilator'

The US has deployed a fresh aircraft carrier to the Middle East, vowing an "indefinite" naval blockade of Iran until the Strait of Hormuz is reopened - but China has othe

China steps in as Iran war drains US oil reserves to 40-year low

As Donald Trump’s Iran war drags on and hostilities continue in the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea, global energy markets are being reshaped - not by OPEC or the US, but by

Houthis’ first kills in Red Sea & is the Iran war America’s Suez moment?

The Iran-backed Houthis have carried out their first deadly strikes of the war, killing six mariners in a double-tap ballistic missile attack on a cargo vessel in the Red