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A file photograph provided by the Iranian President’s Office shows President Hassan Rouhani of Iran during a ceremony to mark “National Nuclear Day,” in Tehran in April 2018.
Iran warns it will increase nuclear enrichment within days

Iran’s president has warned European partners in its faltering nuclear deal that Tehran will increase its enrichment of uranium to “any amount that we(...)

An Airbus A321 airliner arrives at Tehran’s Mehrabad airport. It is the first of 100 planes to arrive under a deal in December worth $18 billion. Photograph: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images
Touchdown: Iran’s first new Airbus plane lands in Tehran

The first of 100 Airbus planes that Iran is expected to receive after its historic nuclear deal with world powers ended some sanctions has landed in t(...)

US Treasury Department has granted licenses to Boeing and Airbus to deal with Iran. Photograph: iStock
Iran-Boeing deal gives flight to future business deals

Boeing has won US approval to sell its first jetliners to Iran in almost 40 years, paving the way for the biggest business transaction between the two(...)

An Aer Lingus A320 Airbus. Each aircraft has a list price of about €86.5 million, bringing the Iranian order’s total value to more than €9.8 billion. Photograph: Photographer: Bloomberg
Aircraft lessor Avolon early arrival in Iran

It appears that Irish aircraft lessor Avolon has been quick off the mark and visited Iran following the lifting of international sanctions. The first(...)

ranian deal includes purchase of 12 Airbus A380
Road Warrior: longest flights, Iran buys 118 aircraft, Tru by Hilton, supercars at LHR

New lengths in long-haul flights It has been a week for longest flights both planned and existing. Qatar Airways announced plans for a Doha to Aucklan(...)

French president François Hollande welcomes Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani as he arrives at the Élysée Palace in Paris. Photograph: Charles Platiau/Reuters
‘New chapter’ as France and Iran reach trade agreements

France and Iran “opened a new chapter in our relations” during President Hassan Rouhani’s two-day visit to the French capital, President François Holl(...)

Iranian minister of transport Abbas Akhoundi: said the first aircraft could join Iran’s ageing fleet as early as March. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Iran to buy 114 Airbus craft in first major deal with EU

Iran is planning to sign a contract with European manufacturer Airbus to buy 114 aircraft in what would be the first big deal to emerge from Tehran’s (...)

Algerian migrants in a bus after they were arrested by French police during a brutal police crackdown on October 17th 1961. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images/Archives
Eamonn McCann: Paris’s past helps explain the troubling present

At the opening session of the talks which led to the latest Stormont House Agreement, Northern Secretary Theresa Villiers called for “a fresh approach(...)