Amir Daftari is a Newsweek reporter based in London, specializing in global affairs with a focus on the Middle East. He joined Newsweek in 2024 from the United Nations and has previously worked at ...

Olivier Grondeau had been accused of spying while visiting Iran on a tourist visa. President Emmanuel Macron of France had denounced his detention as “disgraceful and arbitrary.” By Aurelien ...

Iran says it has yet to receive a letter from President Donald Trump after the US leader said he had sent one seeking talks with the country’s leadership about its nuclear programme. “We have ...

Iran’s economic crisis has reached a critical point, overshadowing its geopolitical maneuvering in the region. The recent dismissal of Economy and Finance Minister Abdolnaser Hemmati by the ...

Iran’s conservatives have ousted two high-profile officials, throwing President Masoud Pezeshkian’s new, moderate government into turmoil and raising questions about its survival.

Specifically: While “Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile” has hit “unprecedented” levels for a state lacking nuclear weapons, the US intel community overall “continues to assess that ...

The issue is more significant than a mere humanitarian concern since it is intertwined with the policy on Iran in general and the attitude towards the opposition in particular. Two other French ...

President Trump has said he sent a letter to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressing his desire to negotiate over the country's advancing nuclear program. He made the announcement ...

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that Iran will not be bullied into negotiations, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had sent a letter to the country's top ...

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he rejects a U.S. push for talks between the two countries because they would be aimed at imposing restrictions on Iranian missile range and its ...

You can get in touch with Amir by emailing a.daftari@newsweek.com. Languages: English and Farsi Iran has said it will carry out another military operation against Israel, according to state media ...