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    ‘Deeply ideological’: the rationale behind Iran’s insistence on uranium enrichment

    ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor January 30, 2026

    Tehran’s nuclear ambitions date back to the shah and the 1970s and remains undimmed despite the damage caused by sanctionsA desperate effort to avert war between the US and Iran is once again under way, but trying to locate common ground between the tw…

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    Iraq’s marshes were considered an Eden. Now the oil industry is sucking them dry

    ByAzhar Al-Rubaie, Sara Manisera and Daniela Sala in Hawizeh Marshes August 13, 2025

    Hawizeh’s wetlands once had abundant fishing and wildlife. In a land threatened by drought and desertification, oil drilling is draining the last of the waterAt dawn, a veil of mist clings to the canals of Hawizeh, where sky and water seem to blur into…

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    Why is Iran’s nuclear programme so essential to its identity?

    ByPatrick Wintour June 23, 2025

    Why does a country with large oil reserves feel such a need to have home-grown civil nuclear energy?Middle East crisis – live updatesIn October 1978, two leaders of the Iranian opposition to the British-backed shah of Iran met in the Paris suburbs of N…

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