Iran's new president is seen by many as a moderate. In fact he is an unrepentant hardliner

‘Just as Western governments failed to predict other nations’ nuclear tests before it was too late, so it may come to pass with Iran’

‘Despite appearances, if sanctions continue Iran’s economy will collapse well before it can assemble a nuclear weapon’

Obama persists in trying to talk to a regime whose “sacred cause” is to replace a US-led world order with an Islamic one

Geoffrey Robertson's latest target is nuclear Iran. But his new book looks through the prism of "legal architectures" and so cannot offer real suggestions as to how to stop the Iranians get the bomb

'Israel has been threatening to launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran for two years now. Is it merely crying wolf?'

'Unlike some of their most senior spies, Bibi Netanjahu and Ehud Barak see an attack on Iran in terms of Israel's survival as a Jewish state'

Despite their Supreme Leader's violent hostility to Israel and the West, many Iranians believe he is simply not up to the job

'I was fond of my father's old friend Günter Grass. I'd like to think he knew better'

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will look to take advantage of the instability in the Arab world by changing the Middle East narrative. But will he first have to stem a popular rebellion among his own people?