Middle East


Trump's Iran deal driven by economics, fear of midterm defeat, not ideology - analysis

US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of a dinner celebrating 250 years of US independence in Versailles, near Paris, France, June 17, 2026.

Gulf states hesitant to fund $300b. Iran reconstruction, worried of reinforcing regional rival

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani react during a Nuclear Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony, at the US Department of State in Washington, DC, US, July 16, 2025.

‘Greater jihad begins from today’: Khomeini’s grandson hails US deal as major Iran ‘victory’

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's grandson, Hassan Khomeini speaks during the 36th anniversary of the death of the leader of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, at Khomeini's shrine in southern Tehran, Iran June 4, 2025.