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In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during his press conference in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022.

No contradiction in supporting protesters while pursuing nuclear deal with Iran, US special envoy says

Global Politics

Robert Malley, the US special envoy for Iran, joined The World’s host Marco Werman from Washington to discuss how the Biden administration views the current protests and what this could all mean for efforts to secure a nuclear deal with Iran.

Chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Gen. Hossein Salami wearing a mask, attends a ceremony on the occasion of first anniversary of death of late Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) general and commander of the Quds Force Qasem Soleimani, in Tehran

US’ indefinite ban on Iranians drafted into Iran’s Revolutionary Guard continues to separate families

Immigration
Rafael Mariano Grossi, director-general of International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, center, attends a meeting with the Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mohammad Eslami, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021.

Iran-UN nuclear agreement signals ‘very, very tempered optimism’ for negotiations, Iran analyst says

Technicians work at the Arak heavy water reactor's secondary circuit.

US officials and signatories of the Iran deal to meet in Vienna next week

Conflict & Justice
Three women wearing masks shop at a busy market with overflowing plastic packages of nuts

In Iran, all eyes are on US election’s impact on sanctions, security

Foreign policy
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin take questions as they announce new sanctions on Iran in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 10, 2020.

Analysis: Iran-US relationship still precarious with no clear US strategy in sight

Foreign policy

With tensions at an all-time high, there’s no clear path forward in the absence of measured, reliable and consistent American leadership.

A close-up of President Donald Trump raising his index finger.

Trump wants NATO more involved in the Middle East. What does Europe want?

Military

US President Donald Trump said he wants NATO to be more involved in the Middle East and made appeals to Europe in his Wednesday address on Iranian strikes against US troops in Iraq, carried out in retaliation for a US drone strike that killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani. The World’s Marco Werman spoke with Fabrice Pothier, a French diplomat who served as head of policy planning for two NATO secretary generals.

President Donald Trump departs from a podium, flanked by several officials

‘Neither the United States nor Iran wants to go to war,’ says former ambassador

Conflict

US President Donald Trump made a statement Wednesday regarding tensions between the US and Iran. Ivo Daalder, former US ambassador to NATO, speaks with The World’s Marco Werman about the president’s remarks and the future of the US-Iran relationship.

A massive crowd of mourners gathers on the streets of Tehran, Iran.

Killing Soleimani was a ‘hasty’ decision, says former defense undersecretary

Military

In the wake of the airstrike that killed Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani, host Marco Werman speaks with the former undersecretary of defense for policy, Michèle Flournoy, on President Donald Trump’s decision-making and the military decision-making process.

People march as they take part in an anti-war protest

Escalating conflict with Iran: What’s happening?

Conflict & Justice

A US-Iranian “shadow war” has escalated following the assassination of Iran’s top general, Qasem Soleimani. The World is following what’s happening between the US and Iran as the situation unfolds.