After US President Donald Trump walked away from the Iranian nuclear deal, which closed the door on diplomacy, his administration’s pretext of freeing Iranians from authoritarianism is similar in tone to previous US war propaganda in this region.

Iran feels under attack. Its efforts to reach out to the US are slapped down, the time between reach and slap a measure only of the degree of duplicity, says Peter Van Buren.

President Donald Trump has declared that if the Iranians "restart their nuclear programme, they will have bigger problems than they have ever had before".

Donald Trump has threatened to pull out of the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, unless it is ‘fixed’ by May 12. He would be right to follow through, according to Michael Makovsky.

An Israeli organisation has said it has minted a coin bearing US president Donald Trump's image to honour his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

An Israeli minister has said that by striking key Iranian sites in Syria it sent a clear message that it will not tolerate an Iranian military foothold on its doorstep.

Despite their difference Iran and Russia are both becoming big players in the Middle

An Iranian oil tanker collided with a bulk freighter and caught fire off China’s eastern coast, leaving its entire crew of 32 missing and causing the tanker to spill oil into the sea, authorities said today.

The strength of protests shaking Iran was unclear on Thursday after a week of unrest that killed at least 21 people.

Four decades ago Iran’s then-leader, the western-orientated Mohammad Reza Pahlavi — the Shah of Iran, the self-styled King of Kings — began the last year of his corrupt monarchy.

Iran's president Hassan Rouhani has said people are free to protest in his first comments since widespread demonstrations against the government began.

A wave of spontaneous protests over Iran’s weak economy have swept into Tehran, with students and others chanting against the government just hours after hard-liners held their own rally in support of the clerical establishment.

Police in Iran's capital Tehran have said they will no longer arrest women for failing to observe the Islamic dress code in place since the 1979 revolution.

The husband of a British woman jailed in Iran has said Boris Johnson did not apologise to him for wrongly stating that his wife was "training journalists" in the country.

Shay Given is Ireland’s all-time longest serving player, having played from 1996 to 2016, as he amassed 134 caps. His last competitive game saw him carried off injured in the famous 1-0 win over Germany. Now 41, he’s a free agent.

Iran's supreme leader has described Donald Trump as "mentally retarded" as he urged Europe to do more to back the 2015 nuclear deal after the US president refused to re-certify the pact.

Donald Trump’s blistering attack on the Iran nuclear deal has emboldened extremists in the Middle Eastern country, writes Abbas Milani.

If the US president scuppers the nuclear deal, Iran, a proud, resource-rich nation, which also has a large uranium stockpile, will not capitulate, says Seyed Hossein Mousavian.

Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared on RTÉ One's Late Late Show tonight to promote her new book 'What Happened' and discuss her links with Ireland.

The death toll has risen to more than 80 after an Islamic State-claimed attack in southern Iraq targeting a restaurant frequented by Shiite Muslim pilgrims, Iraqi officials said.

“Nineteen hyenas and a broken vacuum cleaner control the White House.”

All players in the Middle East must value diplomacy not conflict, writes Jeffrey D Sachs

The Trump administration has slapped 18 Iranian individuals and groups with sanctions for aiding the country's non-nuclear weapons programmes.

More than 40 others were wounded in the attacks which have been claimed by the Islamic State.

Iran's incumbent president Hassan Rouhani has a commanding 58% lead over his rivals in an initial and partial count of votes in the election, according to official figures announced on Saturday morning.

Voting has begun in Iran's first presidential election since its nuclear deal with world powers, as incumbent Hassan Rouhani faced a staunch challenge from a hard-line opponent over his outreach to the wider world.

At least 40 people have been killed in twin explosions near religious shrines frequented by Shiite pilgrims in the Syrian capital, Damascus, according to Syria's interior minister and media reports.

So what to do with all those Christmas book vouchers?

Oil fell below $45 in New York yesterday as an Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) deal to curb output appeared in jeopardy after Iran and Saudi Arabia failed to bridge differences.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has said efforts are being made “on a daily basis” to try and resolve the humanitarian “disaster” in Aleppo, Syria.

Israel’s ambassador to Ireland has said he “cannot guarantee” that Irish passports will not be used by the Israeli secret service again, after their previous use in the assassination of a Palestinian militant.

Ireland has received just one family and blamed ‘low take up’ on refugees who had not wished to complete the first step of applying for asylum, writes Victoria White.

Clinton has secured the Democratic nomination, but the campaign to be president promises to be a knock-down drag-out affair with Donald Trump, says Bette Browne

Greek authorities say the 202 migrants and refugees who had not applied for asylum in Greece and were returned to Turkey included people from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Congo.

Oil producers including Gulf Opec members support holding talks next month on a deal to freeze output even if Iran declines to participate, Opec sources said, as political pressure to prop up prices increases.

Iran test-fired two ballistic missiles yesterday with the phrase “Israel must be wiped out” written in Hebrew on them, state media reported, a show of strength by the Islamic Republic as US Vice President Joe Biden visited Israel.