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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 LatestStrait of Hormuz oil spills, power outages and black rain: Iran’s escalating war damage
The US-Israel-Iran war has led to black rain and oil spills in the Strait of Hormuz - is the country facing an environmental crisis because of Donald Trump? In…
Iran: The LatestUS vows indefinite blockade & how China became Iran’s 'ventilator'
The US has deployed a fresh aircraft carrier to the Middle East, vowing an "indefinite" naval blockade of Iran until the Strait of Hormuz is reopened - but…
Iran: The LatestChina steps in as Iran war drains US oil reserves to 40-year low
As Donald Trump’s Iran war drags on and hostilities continue in the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea, global energy markets are being reshaped - not by OPEC or the…
Iran: The LatestHouthis’ first kills in Red Sea & is the Iran war America’s Suez moment?
The Iran-backed Houthis have carried out their first deadly strikes of the war, killing six mariners in a double-tap ballistic missile attack on a cargo vessel…
Iran: The LatestIran's Trump assassination plot & Houthis restart Yemen war
Iran’s proxy group the Houthis have launched fresh missile attacks on Yemeni ports in the Red Sea as their conflict with Saudi Arabia heats up. A new war in…
Iran: The LatestUS blockade squeezes Iran & Tehran names price to reopen Hormuz
Iran has issued a series of demands to the US in return for reopening the Strait of Hormuz - everything from war reparations to withdrawing regional military…
Iran: The LatestWhy Trump can’t trust Iran: the fatal flaw in any peace deal
Donald Trump is holding off on any further military action against Iran in the hope of striking a diplomatic breakthrough to end the war - but is he wasting…
Iran: The LatestSaudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan sign Nato-style pact as Iran isolated
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan have signed a historic trilateral defence agreement containing a Nato-style mutual assistance clause. As the Iranian threat…
Iran: The Latest‘Bizarre’ Iran-Oman Strait of Hormuz deal cuts out Trump
Iran and Oman are reported to be on the verge of signing a historic deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz that would put Tehran in control of all inbound…
Iran: The LatestUS interceptor missile stocks dangerously low & Houthis strike Saudi ship
The US military have ‘burnt through’ their critical missile interceptors since the start of the Iran war. Senior commanders warn that stockpiles for THAAD and…
Iran: The LatestTrump’s empty ‘decapitation’ threats as Ukraine and Iran wars ‘very close’ to merging
Donald Trump has threatened a "decapitation" strike to restart the war if negotiations with Iran fail. Iran denies talks are underway, but Tehran is certainly…
Iran: The LatestTrump halts 14-day Iran strikes for talks as US admits running out of ideas
Donald Trump has U-turned on a 14-day campaign of military strikes on Iran, which he claimed would have been the biggest attack since World War II in favor of…
Iran: The LatestTrump considers Iran land blockade as conflict reignites
Israel and the US consider are considering land blockade on Iran, as President Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu look to tighten the economic squeeze on Tehran…
Iran: The LatestTrump prepares 14-Day Iran blitz as US tanker struck in Mediterranean
The conflict between Iran and the US has intensified sharply as President Trump delivers on his promise to strike “very hard,” launching a massive wave of…
Iran: The LatestSaudi Arabia joins US strikes on Iran militias in Iraq as China arms Tehran
The conflict between Iran and the US has entered a volatile new phase as Saudi Arabia joins American forces in striking Tehran’s proxies across Iraq. The move…
Iran: The LatestRed Sea chokepoint: Houthi rebels replicate Iran’s Hormuz strategy
Seventeen days into the conflict between the US and Iran, the frontline is expanding as drone attacks continue to test the ceasefire and new flashpoints emerge…
Iran: The LatestUS ‘runs out of missiles’ as Trump halts Iran strikes
The US has halted its air strikes on Iran, creating a sudden pause in a conflict that has raged for nearly two weeks. Is this a strategic move to allow for…
Iran: The LatestTrump’s Lebanon dilemma: Why Israel can't win this war
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun met US President Donald Trump in Washington this week with a historic proposal: end the war between Lebanon and Israel, force an…
Iran: The LatestTrump weighs 'massive attack' as Iran threatens UK bases
As this new round of war enters its 13th day, US President Donald Trump has signalled he is close to deciding whether to launch a "massive attack" on Iran. The…
Iran: The LatestUS strikes Iran with B-1 Bomber as Houthis attack Saudi tankers in Red Sea
Donald Trump has escalated the US’s war against Iran, deploying a heavy B-1 long-range bomber directly from RAF Fairford to strike IRGC targets. Meanwhile…
Iran: The LatestTrump vows to target Pickaxe Mountain & infiltration, executions and fear inside Iran
As the latest round of the war enters its 11th day, US President Donald Trump has signalled the US could strike Iran's hardened Pickaxe Mountain underground…
Iran: The LatestTrump weighs major escalation as Iran hammers Kuwait’s power and water
Donald Trump is weighing up a massive expansion of the war with Iran after Tehran launched fresh strikes against US military sites across the Gulf, including…
Iran: The LatestTrump hits Iran hard after US troops killed by ‘Chinese-guided’ strikes
The war between Donald Trump and Iran has escalated dramatically following the first direct US combat deaths since the start of the war and rare strikes…
Iran: The LatestTrump bombs key ports and bridges as China upgrades Iranian missiles
Donald Trump has ordered the heaviest escalation in the US-Iran war so far this week, striking critical Iranian bridges, airports, and infrastructure…
Iran: The LatestUS blasts tanker with Hellfire missiles & why an Iran ground war is a trap
The US has dramatically expanded its strike campaign into northern Iran for the first time in this latest stage of the war, targeting critical ballistic…
Iran: The LatestUS strikes Iran twice in 24 hours after Shahed attacks hit Gulf states
The military stand-off between the US and Iran has escalated again after Donald Trump ordered a seven-hour bombing campaign targeting Iranian missile barracks…
Iran: The LatestTrump’s five-hour blitz triggers Iran war escalation & Mossad’s secret plot exposed
Donald Trump has reimposed the US’s naval blockade on Iran and, for the third night in a row, launched a brutal five-hour blitz hitting Iran’s coastal…
Iran: The LatestTrump reimposes naval blockade & how China and Russia use Iran to bleed US munitions
The US-Iran ceasefire is in crisis following a violent weekend of escalation. From the IRGC damaging a ship in the Strait of Hormuz so badly that the crew had…
Iran: The Latest‘Bitter, weak and corrupted’: How Ali Khamenei ruined Iran
Four months after he was assassinated by Israeli and US airstrikes on the first day of the Iran war, former Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei has been buried…
Iran: The LatestIran’s Trump ‘assassination plot’ revealed & America’s ‘protection racket’
The burst of strikes between Iran and the US has died down but the Strait of Hormuz has seized up, with shipping coming to an almost complete standstill on the…
Iran: The LatestIran attacks more US bases after Trump strikes key Russia-China railway link
The US-Iran war has escalated significantly amid a second consecutive night of heavy American strikes on Iran and a furious response from Tehran. On today’s…
Iran: The LatestTrump ends US-Iran ceasefire after Tehran’s Strait of Hormuz oil tanker blitz
Donald Trump has dramatically declared that the US-Iran ceasefire is officially "over", calling Tehran an "evil cancer" during a fiery outburst alongside Nato…
Iran: The LatestTrump at Nato: Give me Greenland or US will withdraw from Europe
Donald Trump arrived at the 2026 Nato summit in Turkey and instantly started taking potshots at his Nato allies, blasting them for not helping the US in the…
Iran: The LatestWhere is Iran’s new supreme leader?
Dead, disfigured by the war or hidden for safety - why isn’t Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei at his own father’s funeral? It’s the million-dollar…
Iran: The LatestTrump's America at 250: The collapse of a superpower?
The US celebrates its 250th anniversary of Independence Day on July 4th. As the nation hits this major milestone, what is the actual state of the superpower…
Iran: The LatestMAGA vs Neocons: How the Iran war split the American right
The US-Iran war has paused, but it has lit a fire under an ideological civil war inside the American right. As Donald Trump prepares to mark America’s 250th…
Iran: The LatestShips bash through Strait of Hormuz warzone as US-Iran peace talks grind to a halt
As US-Iran peace talks flounder in Qatar, stranded ship captains are taking matters into their own hands to escape the Strait of Hormuz warzone. On today’s…
Iran: The LatestThe UK just proved it hasn’t learned Iran and Ukraine war lessons
As the US and Iran meet in Qatar, the UK has unveiled £15 billion in defence spending - but is it all a giant “fudge” to avoid humiliation by Donald Trump at…
Iran: The LatestUS hammers Iran after Strait of Hormuz shipping attacks
Tit-for-tat violence between Iran and the US erupted over the weekend as missiles and drones flew in both directions across the Strait of Hormuz. On today’s…
Iran: The LatestIran strikes ship in Strait of Hormuz & is Trump's Iran deal better or worse than Obama's?
Iran’s direct strike on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz has shattered US hopes of bypassing the IRGC with a covert new route. On today’s episode of Iran…
Iran: The LatestIran war leaves US facing 'alarming' weapons shortage
President Donald Trump needs more than $65bn in urgent funding for the Pentagon as a result of the Iran war, a stark reminder of the cost to America’s…
Iran: The LatestTrump’s radical plan for Syria to attack Hezbollah: ‘No one is on board’
The war in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah remains a major sticking point in US-Iran peace talks - but Donald Trump has a controversial solution. At the…
Iran: The LatestIran’s stealth Strait of Hormuz toll plan & how Trump’s war reshaped the world
Iran has unveiled a plan to impose stealth fees on the Strait of Hormuz, using an insurance loophole to keep exacting tolls out of the key waterway post-war…
Iran: The LatestUS lifts Iran oil sanctions & how Trump lost his final European allies
As Vice President JD Vance and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi lock down a 60-day roadmap to end the war, Tehran has walked away with immediate waivers…
Iran: The Latest‘Wake up’: US forces Israel into Hezbollah ceasefire after stark warning
Is Donald Trump’s US-Iran peace deal already falling apart? Less than a day after the historic MoU was signed to end the war, fighting has been ongoing in…
Iran: The Latest4-2 to Iran: Trump’s peace deal proves the US lost the war
Donald Trump has signed a peace deal with Iran, but his critics are saying it’s a humiliation. Roland Oliphant and David Blair go through the US-Iran deal line…
Iran: The LatestWhy Trump is throwing Israel under the bus over the Iran war
As details of the US-Iran 14-point peace deal leaks, Trump and other world leaders at the G7 summit today are singing its praises - but is it any good? Venetia…
Iran: The Latest'Mini exodus' in Strait of Hormuz as Vance insists peace deal is ‘good for US’
It’s become the crux of the US-Iran peace deal: is the Strait of Hormuz open or closed, free or with tolls? Roland Oliphant speaks to Richard Meade, editor in…
Iran: The LatestTrump’s peace deal: is the US paying Iran to reopen Hormuz?
Donald Trump has declared the Iran war over, telling oil tankers to "start their engines" as Tehran reopens the Strait of Hormuz and the US lifts its naval…
Iran: The Latest100 days of US-Iran war: the winners and losers
After more than 100 days of the US-Iran war launched by Donald Trump, who is winning and who is losing? An American and an Iranian debate the big successes…
Iran: The Latest'End it now’: Why the Gulf needs Trump to strike Iran deal
Donald Trump says the Iran war could be ended with a peace deal this weekend. For the Gulf, everything is at stake. Battered by Iranian missiles and drones…
Iran: The LatestTrump hits Iran with dozens of Tomahawks as war looms over World Cup
Is this the start of a new phase in the US-Iran war? Following another night of US strikes on Iran and Tehran responding by hitting its Gulf neighbours, Donald…
Iran: The LatestTrump vows Iran will ‘pay the price’ & inside the Pentagon's drone revolution
Trump has vowed Iran will “pay the price” after it launched multiple strikes on US bases throughout the Middle East. The latest escalation came up after the US…
Iran: The LatestUS Apache helicopter downed & why Trump’s war is ‘colossal failure’ for Israel
The exchange of strikes between Israel and Iran have highlighted the tensions between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu after more than 100 days of war. The…
Iran: The LatestIsrael hammers Iran after ballistic missiles attack & 100 days of war: winners and losers
Iran and Israel have bombed each other for the first time since they agreed a ceasefire with the US in early April. Why? And can Donald Trump stop all-out war…
Iran: The LatestIran’s drones have reshaped warfare. Can the US catch up?
How did heavily sanctioned Iran create a drone so cheap, deadly and effective that everyone from Russia to the US has copied it? From the Gulf being inundated…
Iran: The LatestThe secret US operation defying Iran’s Strait of Hormuz blockade
The US military is secretly helping ships circumvent Iran’s stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz along a new route hugging the Omani coast. Bryan Clark, a…
Iran: The LatestIran strikes Kuwait airport after US bombs Qeshm Island & why the World Cup’s timing matters for the war
Is Donald Trump waiting until after the World Cup to restart the war with Iran despite the largest attack on the Gulf since the ceasefire began? Violence…
Iran: The LatestWhat Trump's angry call with Netanyahu means for the Iran war
Could Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah ruin the US’s attempts to strike a deal with Iran? News today about a fiery, expletive-laden phone call suggests…
Iran: The LatestIran quits US talks, vows escalation after Israel orders Beirut strikes
Iran has pulled out of peace talks to end the war with the US, accusing Israel of breaking the ceasefire by ordering strikes on Beirut. Roland Oliphant and…