Iran is divided between those seeking to embrace a Western way of life and the tradtionalists, writes Janine Di Giovanni

The United States has imposed sanctions over Iran’s ballistic missile testing, even as President Barack Obama hailed the release of five Americans from Tehran’s custody and a nuclear deal he hopes will stand among his lasting foreign policy achievements.

Saudi Arabia has often counted on having the oil market’s equivalent of a nuclear option.

Iran will soon be open for business, following the agreement reached on July 14 with the EU, US, China, and Russia on cessation of its nuclear programme.

US president Barack Obama’s administration sent a nuclear agreement with Tehran to congress yesterday.

The destabilisation in Yemen proves that the Iranian government under the supposedly ‘moderate’ Hassan Rouhani is as threatening to peace in the Middle East as any of his more overtly anti-western predecessors. Human Rights Watch has accused the Iranian-sponsored Houthi rebels “of possible war crimes, including using snipers to shoot civilians”.

The framework nuclear agreement with Iran has caused little consternation in Europe, but has got the US Republicans up in arms, writes Carl Bildt

Novelist Salman Rushdie has spoken out against the threat of “religious totalitarianism” in the wake of the murderous attack in Paris.

A burger bar named after hunger striker Bobby Sands might seem a bizarre combination but it’s proved a hit with locals in uptown Tehran.

Iran’s nuclear envoy in Geneva says an initial agreement has been reached on implementing a nuclear deal with six world powers and that it has been sent to capitals for approval.

AS 2014 begins, there is no more important question in world diplomacy than this: Has Iran changed?

A New York skyscraper has been seized by US authorities who believe it is secretly owned by the Iranian government.

Lawyers for Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law claim he was tortured by the US and have asked a judge to dismiss the terrorism case against him.

The EU has imposed a new range of sanctions on Iran intended to hit the country’s treasury and increase pressure on its Islamic regime over its nuclear programme.

President Barack Obama is asking the world to confront the root causes of rage exploding across Islam, calling it a defining choice “between the forces that would drive us apart and the hopes we hold in common.”

A British bank accused of scheming with the Iranian government to launder billions of dollars has signed an agreement with New York regulators to settle their investigation with a US$340m (€261.73m) payment.

Royal Bank of Scotland is being investigated in the United States for possible breaches of sanctions with Iran, it emerged today.

Standard Chartered will make changes to its board of directors after the bank this week agreed a settlement with regulators over allegations that it hid transactions with the Iranian government.

A resilient performance from the scandal-hit banking sector and better-than-expected retail sales figures helped the FTSE 100 Index hold firm today.

The British banking giant Standard Chartered has agreed a multi-million dollar settlement with New York regulators.

Iran has appealed for foreign help to deal with the aftermath of the deadly twin earthquakes that hit it last weekend after initially claiming it was not needed.

Standard Chartered has seen £6bn (€7.46bn) wiped from its value amid fears it could lose its US banking licence after regulators branded the lender a “rogue institution” over its dealings with the Iranian government.

Standard Chartered has seen £6bn (€7.5bn) wiped from its value amid fears it could lose its US banking licence after regulators branded the lender a “rogue institution” over its dealings with the Iranian government.

The British banking industry was mired in fresh scandal today after Standard Chartered was branded a “rogue institution” for covering up billions of pounds of illegal transactions with the Iranian government.

Banking’s reputation was already on the floor when along came rate-fixing and money laundering for drug cartels and rogue states to completely destroy the public’s trust, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

Syrian president Bashar Assad has agreed to a new UN-brokered peace plan focusing on containing the most violent areas of the country, then expanding to the entire nation, international envoy Kofi Annan said.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez criticised international sanctions on Iran as he met with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

COMEDIAN Shappi Khorsandi didn’t have it easy growing up.

A prominent Iranian lawmaker has said Iran has the knowledge and scientific capability to produce nuclear weapons but will never do so.

Israel has accused Iran of being behind a bungled terrorist attack in Thailand after a man blew his legs off trying to throw a grenade at police.

BRITAIN has shut down the Iranian embassy in London and expelled all its staff, saying the storming of the British diplomatic mission in Tehran could not have taken place without some degree of consent from Iranian authorities.

IRANIAN protesters have stormed the British embassy and another British diplomatic compound in Tehran, raising tensions with the West in a confrontation over the Islamic republic’s nuclear programme.

Iran has formally complained to the US over claims that the Iranian government was involved in an alleged plot to kill Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States.

AN Iranian-American man who US officials say has links to Iran’s security forces pleaded not guilty in court last night to plotting to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington in a bomb attack.

IRAN’S President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has dismissed US accusations that Iranian government agents plotted to kill the Saudi ambassador in the United States.

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has dismissed US accusations that Iranian government agents plotted to kill the Saudi ambassador in the United States.

OIL dropped for a second day in New York as US equities declined on a decrease in JPMorgan Chase & Co’s earnings and crude supplies increased more than forecast.

President Barack Obama says the US can support all the allegations of an alleged assassination plot against a Saudi Arabian diplomat and show the world that it was reckless behaviour on the part of the Iranian government.

The alleged Iranian plot to kill Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States is a “dangerous escalation” in Iran’s support for terrorism and must draw an international response, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today.

The US has accused Iranian government agents of plotting to assassinate the Saudi ambassador, immediately using the thwarted plot to step up sanctions and recruit international allies in a bid to further isolate Tehran.

AGENTS of the Iranian government were last night accused of being involved in a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States, with help from a purported member of a Mexican drug cartel.