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Donald Trump’s “madman theory” of foreign relations is not working when it comes to Iran.

The price of peace: what kind of deal with Iran would Trump accept?

The US president has declared the Strait of Hormuz is open and that Iran has agreed to all his demands. But the real picture is much more complicated – and there is a wildcard.

  • Michael Koziol

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Donald Trump on the weekend in Miami. The US president has warned that any Iranians who try to stop his blockade will be “blown to hell”.

The US is dragging the world into turbulent economic waters

The big jump in the US inflation rate revealed on Friday is only a preview of things to come, as the conflict in the Persian Gulf enters its next phase.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
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While shortages leave us in a pickle.

President Donald Trump has not given a straight answer on his intentions in Iran.

US bomb critical Iranian military sites on Kharg Island

The US President Donald Trump has warned of military strikes on oil terminals in Kharg Island, threatening the economic lifeline of the Iranian regime, as more US troops head to the war zone.

Golnoosh Khosravi during Iran’s Asian Cup clash with the Matildas on the Gold Coast.

The stories of the Iranian footballers granted asylum by Australia, and those who went home

Five Iranian footballers made the heart-wrenching move to stay in Australia. For those who returned home, the decision was just as tough.

  • Emma Kemp and Billie Eder
Trump has said both that the war in Iran could go on for more than a month and that it was “very complete, pretty much”.

How Trump and his advisers miscalculated Iran’s response to war

Iran’s aggressive fightback has left the White House scrambling to define what American success would look like.

  • Mark Mazzetti, Tyler Pager and Edward Wong
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 10 March 2026.

Whether you say it or not, we’re in this war now, prime minister

Anthony Albanese isn’t quite ready to admit it, but as of Tuesday, Australia is formally committed to participating in the military campaign against the Iranian regime.

  • James Massola

‘The Great Satan’: How the era of the ayatollahs began

Iran has a new Supreme Leader, only its third in nearly half a century. Here’s how the clerics came to power – and held on to it.

  • Angus Holland
Fatima Hassoun and Youssef Farhat live in Sydney but are worried about family in Lebanon.

‘Only so much hope you can hold’: Sydney’s Lebanese community prepares for the worst

In Casula, Fatima Hassoun receives updates from her three siblings in south Lebanon, who have all moved into their parents’ apartment so they can be together.

  • Mostafa Rachwani
US President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union on February 24.

Trump’s attacks are not about Iran. He’s after a much bigger fish

Behind the turbulence that characterises US President Donald Trump’s actions in Iran lies a shrewd geopolitical strategy.

  • Clinton Fernandes