Shows / Iran: The Latest
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 LatestShock and awe but no regime change: one week of Trump’s Iran war
It’s the seventh day of the US-Israeli war with Iran and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has said America is about to dramatically increase the amount of…
Iran: The LatestHow the Iran war was years in the planning
On the sixth day of the US-Israeli war with Iran, the Strait of Hormuz is remains effectively closed to shipping, despite the US Navy crippling Iran’s surface…
Iran: The LatestIs Europe being dragged into Trump’s Iran war?
In the wake of an attack on a British military base in Cyprus, the UK has said it will send an extra warship to the region. Does this make Britain militarily…
Iran: The LatestUS obliterates Iranian navy, exclusive Trump chat & voices from inside Tehran
Battle Lines is now Iran: The Latest! Roland and Venetia are going to be covering the new conflict every day for the weeks to come, bringing you the best of…
Iran: The LatestIran bombs entire Middle East after Ayatollah Khamenei assassinated by Israel and US
Iran's leader Ayatollah Khamenei was killed in an Israeli and US strike on Saturday morning, kicking off a major war that has since expanded to the entire…
Iran: The LatestTrump attacks Iran with 'major combat operations' to oust regime - what next?
The US and Israel have launched what President Donald Trump has described as "major combat operations" to try to bring about the end of the Iranian regime. In…
Iran: The LatestCuba 'very close' to regime change: John Bolton on Trump, Venezuela and Iran
For sixty years Washington and Havana have been having a geopolitical tango fuelled by obsession and ideology. The island nation of Cuba has been a socialist…
Iran: The LatestDrugs, HIV and gangs: the Pacific island paradise hit by a triple epidemic
Drugs and gangs have created an explosion in HIV cases in Fiji. This week on Battle Lines: Global Health Security, Arthur Scott-Geddes is joined by Sarah…
Iran: The LatestThe 'super secret' Chagos island airbase at heart of Trump-Starmer row
The British Indian Ocean Territory, AKA the Chagos Islands is home to the American super-base of Diego Garcia. Located on the largest island in the archipelago…
Iran: The LatestTrump’s Iran plan: 'kick the door in' and hit the regime where it hurts
The drumbeat of war in the Middle East is getting louder - and once again it’s Iran in America’s crosshairs. A second round of talks over Iran’s alleged…
Iran: The LatestFrog poison, tear gas and Novichok: Inside Russia’s chemical weapons programme
Two years ago, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in a Siberian penal colony. There was an outcry and many suspected foul play, but nothing could be…
Iran: The LatestNorth Korea 'names' 13-year-old nuclear heiress & inside Europe’s race to rearm
North Korea’s dynasty dictatorship has taken on a new leather clad, second-in-command. Reports from South Korea have suggested that Kim Jong Un’s daughter Kim…
Iran: The LatestVance’s ‘Enemy Within’: How the US shocked Europe into rearmament
A year ago, JD Vance gave an explosive speech at the Munich Security Conference. It marked a fundamental shift in the relationship between the US and its…
Iran: The LatestTrump’s 9 million death gamble: One year since he axed USAID
Nearly a year after Donald Trump shuttered USAID, the world is still reckoning with the consequences. But what really happened next? Venetia Rainey examines…
Iran: The LatestProject Vault: Trump's battle to break China’s critical mineral stranglehold
Donald Trump has moved the war for critical minerals from the margins of policy to the heart of great power rivalry. In this episode of Battle Lines, we look…
Iran: The Latest'Copy Ukraine's defence model and reduce China dependency to survive'
Was Peter Mandelson's appointment as UK ambassador to the US a national security risk? Should the US and UK bomb Iran to spark regime change? Will Nato survive…
Iran: The Latest'No limits': Russia, China and US enter new nuclear arms race
This week, the New START treaty expires, ending the last remaining major nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia. With no binding…
Iran: The LatestTrump masses 'large armada' to force Iran into nuclear deal
The United States appeared poised for a major military confrontation with Iran after Donald Trump ordered a powerful naval force into the region in response to…
Iran: The LatestNuclear secrets leak or paranoia? Why Xi really purged China’s top general
Xi Jinping is purging again. Generals once seen as untouchable are gone, rivals erased, loyalty enforced through fear. Is this the move of a leader under real…
Iran: The LatestTrump's Board of Peace signals a new world order. Gaza is its first test
Gaza has entered the next phase of the peace process but is the ceasefire actually bringing peace? This week, Venetia Rainey and Arthur Scott-Geddes speak to…
Iran: The LatestAmerica's Kurdish betrayal: has ISIS been given a second chance?
For more than a decade, Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria were America's most trusted ally, spearheading the war against Isis, taking responsibility for…
Iran: The Latest'The old world order is dead': Trump, Canada and the battle for the West
Donald Trump has abruptly backed down over the US takeover of Greenland. From the icy streets of Nuuk our correspondent James Rothwell reports from the centre…
Iran: The LatestChina’s sham election: Why Beijing is propping up Myanmar’s brutal junta
After five years of brutal civil war, Myanmar’s ruling military is holding an election that many say is a sham. But it has a major backer: China. So why is…
Iran: The Latest'Trump is damaging Nato': ex-commander speaks out on Greenland threats
With tariffs aimed at Europe over Greenland, Nato teetering on the brink and Donald Trump flexing military muscle like never before, this is geopolitics as a…
Iran: The LatestTrump wants to conquer Greenland. This is how Europe can stop him
President Trump’s talk of taking Greenland isn’t a joke, that much is now clear. His ambition to "conquer" the autonomous Danish territory is a direct…
Iran: The LatestIran ‘shooting to kill’: doctors fight back as Trump weighs intervention
Iran is in crisis. The price of bread has more than doubled, the currency has collapsed to record lows, and protests have erupted across the country. As…
Iran: The LatestWhy Iran's regime is not finished (yet) and why Trump can't help
Since late December, Iran has been gripped by a wave of protests that began in Tehran’s bazaars over economic collapse and rapidly spread nationwide. Cash…
Iran: The LatestA US general on Trump, Greenland and Nato in crisis
As Washington openly floats the idea of asserting control over Greenland, a dramatic naval operation unfolds in the freezing waters between Iceland and…
Iran: The LatestHow to deal with Trump, China and debt: the African country getting it right
As Donald Trump reshapes global trade and cuts foreign aid, countries around the world are being forced to adapt fast - and some leaders are doing better than…
Iran: The LatestTrump's Venezuela gamble: Why China, Russia and Iran just lost their foothold in Latin America
Two days on from Donald Trump’s extraordinary capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, the dust has barely begun to settle. Maduro is appearing today in a…
Iran: The LatestTrump captures Maduro and takes over Venezuela: 'Welcome to 2026, America is back'
In the early hours of this morning, US President Donald Trump gave the order for the Pentagon to bomb Venezuela’s capital Caracas and capture Venezuelan leader…
Iran: The LatestWargaming WW3: how and where the next global conflict could actually unfold
From Taiwan to Estonia and Latvia, the prospect of World War Three feels closer than ever - that is unless you're one of those people who thinks it's already…
Iran: The LatestBird-flu, nukes and asteroids: what 2026 might have in store
Bird-flu, bombs and asteroids: are we heading for disaster in 2026? What are the biggest threats to global health security in 2026? Is it bird flu? Or the…
Iran: The LatestUS vs China vs Europe: the race to build the fighter jet of the future
This episode goes straight to the jugular of modern air power and asks a brutally simple question: has the last great manned fighter already been born? Roland…
Iran: The LatestNo limits partnership: Why 2025 was China and Russia's year
This has been a year when the world lurched from crisis to crisis at breakneck speed. Trump back in power. America wavering on Europe and Ukraine. China…
Iran: The LatestPhotographing war, disease and nuclear accidents with Simon Townsley
On this week’s episode of Battle Lines Global Health Security, international photojournalist Simon Townsley joins Arthur Scott-Geddes and Sophie O’Sullivan to…
Iran: The LatestFrom Afghanistan to Everest: the double-amputee Gurkha veteran who made history
In this special festive edition of Battle Lines, Roland Oliphant and Dominic Nicholls cut through the tinsel to tell a story that actually matters. In aid of…
Iran: The Latest‘Russia-Ukraine deal impossible while Putin is alive’: ex-UK ambassador to Moscow
Former UK ambassador Laurie Bristow speaks to Roland and delivers a blunt and unsettling warning about the state of the world and Britain’s place in it…
Iran: The LatestInside Sin City: Chinese gangs, scam centres and people trafficking
Have you ever been scammed? If you have, the chances are that it happened somewhere in Asia. Often overseen by Chinese criminal gangs, the places where these…
Iran: The Latest'The frontline is everywhere': 10 surprising conflict hotspots for 2026
Today, Britain’s MI6 chief delivered a chilling message: the frontline is now everywhere. Look around the world and the evidence is overwhelming. From Ukraine…
Iran: The LatestThe ex-Royal Marine Commando kicking Britain's armed forces into shape
Britain's military has seen better days - that much everyone can agree on. Enter ex-Royal Marine Commando Colonel Alistair Scott Carns, aka Wee Al, the UK's…
Iran: The Latest'I fought the Taliban, now we have tea’: Maj Gen Cowan on landmines, aid and Ukraine
As global landmine casualties reach a four-year high, Venetia is joined by Major General James Cowan, former British Army commander in Iraq and Afghanistan and…
Iran: The LatestMore Russia, less China and no Europe: Trump’s new security strategy unveiled
Donald Trump has detonated a political earthquake with a National Security Strategy that doesn’t just tweak America’s global role, it torches seven decades of…
Iran: The LatestWhy can't Britain build a decent tank?
Ajax was meant to be the British Army’s modern embodiment of the mighty Greek warrior, strong, unbreakable, unstoppable. Instead, it’s become a national…
Iran: The LatestTerror insurgency or Christian genocide? Inside Nigeria’s security crisis
Nigeria is facing a security crisis. Extremist violence, mass kidnappings and deepening food insecurity has created what the UN has called the country’s worst…
Iran: The LatestEurope is mobilising to face Russia. Is the UK falling behind?
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the return of military service in the country, 25 years after mandatory national service was phased out. And…
Iran: The LatestInside Ukraine-Russia talks: Britain's Kissinger, Putin's enforcer and Trump's envoy
Donald Trump’s latest effort to end the war in Ukraine unleashed a week of diplomatic turmoil. And some of the most dramatic diplomatic twists and turns bear…
Iran: The LatestWhy cutting aid to buy bombs is making us less safe
With conflicts raging around the world, aid budgets are being slashed in favour of defence spending. But experts are warning that cutting aid may not just hurt…
Iran: The LatestChina bosses vanishing as Xi Jinping’s childhood traumas trigger Mao style purge
Xi Jinping is the most authoritarian and longest serving Chinese leader since Mao - and probably the most powerful man on earth. But what makes him tick, and…
Iran: The LatestNato is running out of TNT. How did we fall behind Russia and China?
TNT, the unglamorous but indispensable ingredient of modern warfare, is now in critically short supply and Britain is feeling the consequences. A new…
Iran: The LatestIndiscriminate weapons: how wars became so deadly for civilians
More children are being killed by explosive weapons than at any other time in history, according to a major new report by Save the Children and Imperial…
Iran: The LatestBiggest US military buildup since Cuban Missile Crisis puts Latin America on edge
America is flexing its muscles in the Caribbean and the world is holding its breath. Washington has trained its sights on Socialist-run Venezuela, and the…
Iran: The LatestTrump and the ex-terrorist: why the West needs Syria to work
The Syrian civil war raged for years, wrecked a nation, and then quietly vanished from the headlines. Last December, a jihadist faction once aligned with…
Iran: The LatestInside the bloody work of tracking war crimes from space
For more than two years a vicious civil war has been raging in Sudan. It’s been defined by massacres, rapes, displacement, and starvation. As the UN has long…
Iran: The Latest'Worse than war with Israel': Why Iran's regime is on edge
Sanctions, nationwide protests, even Israeli airstrikes haven’t broken the Iranian regime. Could a drought finally bring the Islamic Republic to its knees?…
Iran: The LatestGermany is finally rearming against Russia. Can it go fast enough?
Germany is rearming, and fast. A sentence that once sent shivers down Europe’s spine is now a shocking reality. This isn’t the Germany of old; it’s a nation…
Iran: The LatestWhy Ukraine's troops are facing an amputation crisis
In Ukraine, tens of thousands of soldiers have returned from the frontlines without limbs. Most of them will require support in some form for the rest of their…
Iran: The LatestIs the US losing the Pacific to China?
Donald Trump’s been on a triumphant tour of Asia, shaking hands, signing peace deals, and lapping up royal treatment fit for, well, himself. From Tokyo Tower…
Iran: The LatestHow a Middle Eastern superpower is fuelling the Sudan war
There’s a rhythm to wartime atrocity. First come the warnings, ignored, dismissed. Then the whispers, the shaky videos, the satellite images that no one can…
Iran: The LatestThe battle to make Gaza healthy again
It's been over two weeks since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect in Gaza. While the full-blown war has stopped, the World Health…