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Iran has never backed out of the nuclear nonproliferation regime in principle. But what about those who never signed up in the first place?

Cooperation between Tehran and Moscow is strictly limited to Syria.

The region may become less of a target for groups seeking to pressure the United States. But the Kurds also have less security support now, should they need it.

Shortages of water and power as well as rising air pollution in Iran are at the centre of why citizens are telling their government they want change.

Donald Trump’s Maga supporters are not naturally in favour of US involvement in Iran. Many have criticised Trump for considering it.

‘Credibility is on the line’ has long been a refrain guiding U.S. foreign policy.

The Middle East risks state of permanent confrontation where violence periodically erupts, diplomacy intervenes and neither changes the underlying reality.

Washington may see the Kurds as a useful tool for confronting the Iranian regime, but such a strategy could create new tensions elsewhere in the region.

Iran has warned it could close down the strait, through which 20% of the world’s oil transits each day.

Amid warnings from Washington that the US will be watching very closely, the interim deal agreed late last year to scale-back Iran’s nuclear programme has come into force, a positive development in a slow-burning…