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Iran: The Latest
Iran: The Latest is The Telegraph’s defence, security and foreign affairs news podcast providing deep-dive analysis on the ongoing conflict between the US, Israel and Iran.
Veteran foreign correspondents Roland Oliphant and Venetia Rainey bring you the latest updates from The Telegraph’s award-winning journalists, plus exclusive interviews with world-class experts in military strategy, international relations, and Middle East policy.
From attacks on the Gulf to Hezbollah in Lebanon to the…
Episodes
Iran: The LatestTrump warns Gulf of imminent Iran blitz as China and Russia rearm Tehran
The US and Israel are preparing for an imminent post-midterms strike campaign on Iran as new intelligence reveals Tehran has built a secret network of…
Iran: The LatestTrump backs Bibi as Israel readies for new Iran strikes
US President Donald Trump has backed Benjamin Netanyahu after a strong election result for the Israeli leader that is likely to lead to the imminent resumption…
Iran: The LatestNetanyahu ‘pushed Trump for Iran strikes’ to delay first wartime Israeli election
This Israeli election is the most strategically consequential in the country’s history, with record turnout as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns voters…
Iran: The LatestTrump vows ‘mini Operation Epic Fury’ as Iran plots to kill Americans
Donald Trump has threatened to restart the war with Iran with “another little Operation Epic Fury”, even as US intelligence exposes advanced Iranian plots…
Iran: The LatestUS Navy prepares indefinite Iran blockade as Houthi missiles target Riyadh
The US is preparing for a protracted war with Iran as Donald Trump’s UN ambassador, Mike Waltz, warns the US Navy can maintain its maritime blockade on Iranian…
Iran: The LatestIran threatens to cut undersea cables as US and Israel plan new strikes
Further details have emerged regarding US-Israeli plans for a joint military campaign against Iran after the midterm elections. Following sightings of Israeli…
Iran: The LatestIsrael and the US weigh fresh Iran strikes as the Houthi siege deepens
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed his military to plan a multi-day bombing campaign targeting Iranian nuclear facilities and power grids, as…
Iran: The LatestUK sends Typhoon jets to protect Saudi Arabia against the Houthis
British RAF Typhoon fighter jets will be deployed to defend cities and critical infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, following the Yemen-based militant group’s…
Iran: The LatestEgypt weighs entering war against the Houthis as strikes threaten global shipping
Houthi ballistic missile strikes kill 20 people in Yemen as Egypt considers sending military support to help Saudi Arabia counter Iranian threats in the Red…
Iran: The Latest‘Hegseth is unfit’: US tank commander on Iran war failures, impeachment and running for Senate
The Iran war has stretched the US Congress to breaking point and exposed Pete Hegseth’s leadership of the Pentagon as fundamentally lacking, according to an…
Iran: The LatestIran’s terror network exposed & how pinpoint IRGC strikes smashed up the Gulf
A new report exposes how pinpoint strikes by Iran and its proxies hit at least 84 Gulf infrastructure targets a total of 135 times, systematically disabling…
Iran: The LatestIran sinks two ships in Strait of Hormuz as Houthis ‘days’ from taking Yemen’s Taiz
Iran has sunk two cargo vessels in under 24 hours in the Strait of Hormuz for the first time since the war began in March. On today’s episode of Iran: the…
Iran: The LatestIran cornered but still dangerous: ex-general on the IRGC, Yemen’s Houthis and the special forces
The Houthi offensive in Yemen is reaching a critical tipping point as the Iran-backed militants encircle the strategic city of Taiz, threatening to tip the war…
Iran: The LatestMI5 warns Iran targeting UK military sites & the war’s looming food price crisis
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to the US-Iran war is throttling global fertiliser supply chains, driving up transport costs, and sparking a looming…
Iran: The LatestTrump weighs US strikes after Houthi missiles shut Riyadh airport
A brutal wave of Houthi missiles have struck Saudi Arabia’s main Riyadh airport, killing at least 14 in the deadliest attack on a Gulf nation since the US-Iran…
Iran: The LatestUS veteran midterms revolt as Trump’s Iran war causes $6 diesel spike
US military veterans are turning on Donald Trump and the Republican party as the Iran war drives fuel prices past $6 a gallon ahead of the 2026 US midterm…
Iran: The LatestPentagon prepares 3-day Iran blitz as Houthi missiles kill Riyadh airport pilot
Houthi ballistic missiles have struck Riyadh international airport for the third time in a week, killing three Saudis including a pilot, destroying a plane and…
Iran: The LatestTrump readies new Iran strikes as Strait of Hormuz attacks ramp up
Donald Trump is reportedly readying to restart major combat operations against Iran and alongside former war-partner Israel - before the US midterm elections…
Iran: The LatestHouthi strikes shut Yemen airport & how October 7 has changed Israel
Three years on from the October 7 attacks by Hamas, how has Israel been changed by the massacre and ensuing wars in Gaza, Lebanon, Iran and beyond? On today’s…
Iran: The LatestHow the Iran war exposed the US Navy’s chronic problems
The US Navy is facing increasingly long deployments as depleted interceptor stockpiles as aircraft carriers struggle to cope with Donald Trump’s eight-month…
Iran: The LatestUS bombers quit UK base over Iran terror plot & Houthis attack Saudi oil
US heavy bombers have quit the RAF Fairford base amid new details about a suspected Iran terror plot. Is the UK still safe for US assets? On today’s episode of…
Iran: The LatestTrump uses US border funds for ‘propaganda’ as Republicans turn on Iran war
Republicans are revolting over soaring prices from the Iran war and there is turmoil inside the Pentagon. The polls predict Donald Trump could lose the House…
Iran: The LatestUS deploys third carrier to Iran as Trump admits munitions shortage
The US is sending a third aircraft carrier to Iran even as Donald Trump admits to ammunition shortages as a result of the war. On today’s episode of Iran: the…
Iran: The LatestIran-linked network targets Israeli election & the hero pilot who stopped a war
From the UK to Israel, the signs of Iran’s malicious influence across the West are growing. Will the attempted hijack of an Israel-bound flight from Dubai be…
Iran: The LatestHijack attack on Israel plane & why the US-Iran war is about to restart
A flight to Israel from the UAE has been diverted and made an emergency landing after the pilot was violently attacked in a suspected hijack attempt. On…
Iran: The LatestTrump digs in on Iran blockade & how to defeat Yemen’s ‘evil’ Houthis
Donald Trump is digging in on the blockade of Iranian ports, making it clear to negotiators that the US will not budge without major concessions on Iran’s…
Iran: The Latest‘Bomb plot’ foiled at UK RAF Fairford base housing US Iran bombers
Police in the UK are investigating alleged Iranian links to a suspected bomb plot to attack RAF Fairford, the main base for US bombers during the Iran war…
Iran: The LatestIran offers a truce as China plays the long game
As Chinese leader Xi Jinping concludes his three-day state visit to Washington, Beijing’s incremental support of Tehran threatens to undermine Donald Trump’s…
Iran: The LatestIran threatens to expand war to Indian Ocean and inside the diplomatic deadlock at UNGA
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian took to the UN stage in mourning attire to deliver a defiant message to Washington: Tehran will “never bow or bend the…
Iran: The LatestIran vows 'crushing blows' against US as China’s secret nuclear expansion revealed
Donald Trump has told reporters at the UN General Assembly he faces a critical decision: strike a deal with Tehran or "annihilate the Islamic Republic," while…
Iran: The LatestIran offers Strait of Hormuz deal as Trump calls off Houthi strikes at last minute
Donald Trump told the UN General Assembly that he is deciding between a fresh agreement with Iran and driving the regime “into hell”, after Tehran reportedly…
Iran: The LatestHouthis strike Riyadh jet-fuel depot as Turkey, Pakistan vow Saudi Arabia support
A Houthi ballistic missile struck an Aramco jet-fuel depot near Riyadh’s international airport, a major escalation in the war between Yemen’s Iran-backed…
Iran: The LatestTrump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran as China upgrades Djibouti military base
Donald Trump has once again threatened to "annihilate" the Iranian regime, saying he faces a major decision on how to proceed with the Iran war but will…
Iran: The LatestPentagon admits mass US aircraft losses and base damage from Iran war
A landmark Pentagon report has exposed the devastating cost of the Iran war for the US military: 59 aircraft damaged or destroyed, bases struck across the…
Iran: The LatestInside Iran’s spiralling economy as Yemen’s Houthis target Mecca and down Saudi jet
Saudi Arabia claimed that Yemen’s Houthis tried to attack the holy city of Mecca, and the Iran-backed militia claims to have shot down a Saudi F-15 fighter jet…
Iran: The LatestHouthi blitz threatens Suez Canal as Saudi Arabia turns to UK for help
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis and Saudi Arabia have exchanged further strikes, amid signs that Tehran is ramping up the war against Riyadh to compensate for a…
Iran: The LatestStrikes close key Saudi oil pipeline after Houthis ask Trump not to bomb them
A strike from militants in Iraq has knocked out Saudi Arabia’s vital East-West oil pipeline, as Donald Trump reveals Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels called…
Iran: The LatestUS fears Iran war could drag into 2029. Trump insists it’s ‘worth it’
Donald Trump has admitted the US-Iran war will last beyond the November midterm elections - some think it will last well into 2029 - with Republicans now…
Iran: The LatestUS Gen Ben Hodges: Trump’s Houthi Red Sea crisis, Pentagon chaos and 9/11’s legacy
“The inability or unwillingness of the Trump administration to connect the dots on what is going on, from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea, is a reflection of…
Iran: The LatestIran’s Houthis seize key Red Sea port as $100 oil threatens global economy
The Iran-backed Houthis have seized the strategic Red Sea port city of al-Mokha - apparently at the direction of the IRGC - as fighting in Yemen and Saudi…
Iran: The LatestIran captures US submarine drone & how Russia supercharges Iran’s weapons
Iran claims to capture an advanced US Navy submarine drone in the Strait of Hormuz. How significant is it? On today’s episode of Iran: the Latest, Roland…
Iran: The LatestIran uses new missile to target US warships as UK sanctions Israel settlements
Iran claims to have targeted US warships with a new ballistic missile for the first time in the war and has warned that its new military doctrine involves…
Iran: The LatestUS sinks Iranian ship as battle for the Strait of Hormuz heats up
The US Navy struck three Iranian vessels, sinking one and disabling two, after fresh attacks by Tehran on American warships near the Strait of Hormuz. On…
Iran: The LatestTrump facing midterms nightmare as approval ratings plunge over Iran war
Donald Trump’s approval rating has plummeted to a record low as the military and economic toll of the US-Iran war collides with the upcoming 2026 midterm…
Iran: The LatestUS 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…
Iran: The LatestIran 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…
Iran: The LatestUS 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…
Iran: The LatestTrump 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…
Iran: The LatestSimon 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…
Iran: The LatestHegseth 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…
Iran: The Latest‘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…
Iran: The LatestCIA 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…
Iran: The LatestUS 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…
Iran: The LatestTrump 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…
Iran: The Latest‘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…
Iran: The Latest‘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 LatestTrump 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…
Iran: The LatestUAE 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…
Iran: The LatestIran 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…
Iran: The LatestTrump ‘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…