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Najmeh Bozorgmehr

Tehran correspondent

Najmeh Bozorgmehr is our Tehran Correspondent and has written for the FT since 2000. She covers Iran and its complicated politics and economy as well as social and cultural developments. She has been working as a journalist since 1997.
Email Najmeh Bozorgmehr @Najmeh_Tehran  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
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    How Bashar al-Assad’s regime crumbled

    Syria’s strongman was feted in Riyadh three weeks ago. Now he is an asylum seeker in Moscow

    An anti-government fighter stands near a defaced portrait of Bashar al-Assad in the city of Hama
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Syrian crisis
    Iran ‘lost faith’ in Assad before his ousting

    Insider says Tehran declined to provide more military support for now-deposed Syrian leader

    Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
  • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
    Syrian crisis
    Syrian rebels launch major offensive against Assad regime

    Unexpected advance towards Aleppo aims to capitalise on increased pressure on Damascus

    A fighter from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham on the outskirts of Atarib in Syria’s Aleppo province on Wednesday as smoke rises in the distance during clashes with the Syrian army
  • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
    OutlookProperty sector
    Tehran’s luxury glass apartments reveal a changing Iran

    Open facades symbolise a new yearning for transparency

  • Friday, 22 November, 2024
    Iran
    Iran activates ‘new advanced centrifuges’ after nuclear watchdog’s rebuke

    Move follows resolution by International Atomic Energy Agency saying Tehran failed to co-operate with investigation

    Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant
  • Monday, 18 November, 2024
    US-Iran tensions
    Iran keeps door open to talks with Trump

    Deputy foreign minister says Tehran ‘favours negotiations’ but will not yield to ‘maximum pressure’ strategy

    Majid Takht Ravanchi speaks at a podium during a news briefing at the UN
  • Monday, 4 November, 2024
    Iran
    Iran detains female student for undressing in protest

    Reaction tests President Masoud Pezeshkian’s efforts to assuage public discontent as tensions with Israel rise

    An Iranian student stripped to her underwear protests outside the Islamic Azad University in Tehran, Iran on November 2 2024
  • Friday, 1 November, 2024
    Middle East war
    Oil prices rise after Iranian commanders vow response to Israeli attack

    Belligerent comments come as Tehran weighs options in wake of air strikes

    Hossein Salami speaks passionately into a microphone.
  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2024
    Iran
    Iran’s defence budget set to soar as regional tensions rise

    Recommendation to parliament for substantial increase in military spending comes after recent exchange of fire with Israel

    Two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps military personnel monitor an area during a funeral service in Tehran, Iran
  • Monday, 28 October, 2024
    News in-depthMiddle East war
    Military briefing: Where Israel struck Iran

    First open attack on Tehran breaks ‘psychological barrier’ and could leave it vulnerable to future assaults

    Combination image of an Israeli Air Force plane, which the Israeli army says is departing to carry out strikes on Iran, and satellite image of Iran’s Parchin military base
  • Monday, 28 October, 2024
    InterviewIran
    Iran ‘open’ to closer western ties, Khamenei adviser suggests

    Ali Akbar Velayati says Tehran is shifting foreign policy towards improving diplomatic links

    Ali Akbar Velayati is seated, wearing a dark suit and a striped shirt. The Iranian flag is visible in the background.
  • Sunday, 27 October, 2024
    Middle East war
    Iran’s supreme leader signals measured response to Israel’s attack

    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tries to balance domestic expectations with risk of escalating regional conflict

    Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran
  • Sunday, 27 October, 2024
    News in-depthMiddle East war
    Middle East awaits Iran’s move after Israeli air strikes shake Tehran

    With each escalation, the spectre of all-out war looms ever larger

  • Saturday, 26 October, 2024
    Middle East war
    Israel launches air strikes against Iran

    Israeli military says the retaliatory attack targeted missile manufacturing plants and air defences

    IDF Handout of the departure of the Air Force planes for the targeted attack on Iran
  • Tuesday, 22 October, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israel says it killed Hizbollah heir apparent in air strike

    Announcement comes hours after inconclusive talks between US secretary of state Antony Blinken and Benjamin Netanyahu

    Smoke rises from buildings at the site of an Israeli air strike near the city of Tyre, Lebanon, on Tuesday
  • Monday, 21 October, 2024
    Middle East war
    Iranian markets slide and flights cancelled as Israeli attack looms

    Country braced for retaliation after Tehran’s ballistic missile strike earlier this month

    Iranians walk past a wall painting of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and former Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran, Iran
  • Friday, 11 October, 2024
    Middle East war
    Putin meets Iran’s new president as Israel weighs retaliation

    Russian leader and his counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian stress the closeness of their countries as Middle East tensions spike

    Russia’s President Vladimir Putin meets with Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    Middle East war
    Iran warns of potential change in nuclear doctrine if Israel targets facilities

    Senior adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says any attack could ‘have an impact’ on Tehran’s calculations

    Satellite image of Iran’s Natanz nuclear site
  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    Middle East war
    Iran dismisses speculation about fate of absent Quds Force commander

    Esmail Ghaani’s deputy insists he is ‘alive and well’ despite not being seen in public for more than a week

    Esmail Ghaani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds force
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Middle East war
    Israel steps up offensive against Hizbollah

    Benjamin Netanyahu vows to strike back after dozens of Iranian missiles sent to Israeli targets

    A woman holds her cat in front of a destroyed building at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    News in-depthIran
    Iran’s hardliners prevail as regime gambles on Israel attack

    Leaders had sought détente with west but concluded that IDF assault on Hizbollah left them looking weak

    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to a crowd during a gathering
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Middle East war
    Netanyahu vows retaliation after Iran fires barrage of missiles at Israel

    Tehran’s attack came hours after Israel began ground offensive in Lebanon against Hizbollah

    Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets, as seen from Ashkelon
  • Sunday, 29 September, 2024
    News in-depthMiddle East war
    Killing of Hassan Nasrallah hits at heart of Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’

    Islamic republic hesitates after Israel’s assassination of Hizbollah leader deals heavy blow to its regional strategy

    A banner bearing the image of Hassan Nasrallah hangs over a building in downtown Tehran on Sunday
  • Saturday, 28 September, 2024
    Middle East war
    Israel says it hit Hizbollah headquarters with Beirut air strike

    Biggest attack on Lebanese capital in offensive said to have targeted group’s commander, Hassan Nasrallah

    A building destroyed in an Israeli air strike in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    News in-depthMiddle East war
    Iran races to allay Hizbollah fears

    Tehran’s restraint in the face of increasingly aggressive Israeli operations has unsettled Lebanese militant group

    Axis of resistance map and Masoud Pezeshkian
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