Stalemate as US president says Tehran must return to full compliance with 2015 nuclear deal

Tehran ‘furious’ at Seoul for not releasing cash amid mounting coronavirus crisis

Middle Eastern social media users say protests in their countries are pro-democracy

Qatari emir refused to capitulate to Saudi, Emirati demands and ostracism campaign

US president-elect says he sees a return to the current 2015 agreement as the best immediate route to regional stability

Revolutionary Guards Corps says advanced camera was used to zoom in on scientist

Israel has presumably decided it can preempt the Biden administration’s return to the nuclear treaty by provoking Iranian retaliation

Israel accused of using ‘electronic devices’ to assassinate Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in Tehran

Rouhani keen for Biden to reaffirm nuclear deal as Arab states condemn killing

Iran’s supreme leader has sketched out a more difficult path to normalisation

Biden administration likely to re-engage with Tehran rather than punish it

Ankara accuses publication of sowing ‘seeds of hatred’ amid tensions over teacher’s killing

Europe Letter: Focus on Brussels to see if bloc is willing or able to bear an influence

Diplomatic efforts intensify to halt fighting between Armenian and Azeri troops

Pompeo pressure to disarm pro-Iran militias comes as ‘October surprise’ strikes feared

Iranian president vows ‘crushing response’ amid Trump administration announcement

Putin suggestion came after Trump said he would trigger a ‘snapback’ of sanctions

Grouping of countries looking east called ‘axis of the sanctioned’

Round-up: Outbreaks in Galicia and Catalonia as Israel faces second wave of infections

Infected have ‘religious duty’, says president, as global case tally reaches 11.2m

Health authorities confirm more than 3,000 new cases on two consecutive days

First of five ships arrives in Caribbean with Washington warned against intercepting them

Country to be divided into colour-coded regions based on infection and death rates

Trump under pressure to ease sanctions on country lacking funds to buy medical supplies

Aid flows to Tehran from Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar amid reported 1,300 deaths

A confused response

South Korea and Italy step up measures to curb spread of epidemic, as outbreak declines in China

Estimates suggest ruling reformists lose election following lowest turnout since 1979

Ban on reformists and moderates suggests hardliners will win majority in assembly

Tehran says it is now enriching more uranium than before 2015 deal with world powers

UK, France and Germany have triggered dispute mechanism in nuclear deal that could reimpose sanctions on Iran

Shooting down of Ukrainian passenger jet leads to challenge to Islamic Republic’s clerical rulers

Military apologises as it says aircraft was mistaken for a ‘hostile target’

World View: For Washington and Tehran hardliners, peace would be admission of defeat

US president’s actions have made Iran’s place in the world more volatile and unstable

Hundreds killed in November in four days of intense violence after petrol price increase

The regime itself is squarely to blame for the corruption and waste that protesters decry

More than 100 protesters killed amid wave of anti-government rallies, says Amnesty

Secretary of state Mike Pompeo calls on all nations to reject ‘nuclear extortion’

Tehran to inject uranium gas into 1,044 centrifuges, according to Iranian president