Cheaper oil: more of a curate’s egg than a total blessing
Falling oil prices are great for consumers, and industry. They're bad for Putin and Saudi. But they're also bad for Britain's oil industry, and could potentially be highly destabilising in Africa and the MidEast. It's more complex than it appears
- 21 December 2014
Iran's desperate call for "economic jihad"
Iran's call for "economic jihad" points to serious concerns held by Iranian authorities
- 21 February 2013
Will Obama let Iran start World War III?
Will Obama wait to see if Iran is foolhardy enough to force Israel’s hand and start World War III? Or will he lead?
- 8 February 2013
Iran is in social and economic meltdown
With unemployment soaring and the advent of hyperinflation, the plight of ordinary workers just gets worse and worse
- 26 December 2012
Iran to ban citizens from visiting EU countries
According to an unconfirmed Iranian news report, the Iranian parliament is planning to ban its citizens from travelling to EU countries as part of a counter-measure against EU sanctions
- 24 October 2012
German paper says Iran mulling massive environmental catastrophe in Gulf to beat sanctions
One of Germany's top newspapers says Iran has unprecedented secret plans to disrupt world oil supply to beat sanctions
- 15 October 2012
Iran or no Iran, there will be oil
If, as looks increasingly likely, conflict over Iran’s nuclear ambitions is approaching, two things are clear: Shia Iran’s Sunni ‘friends’ will not stand with them and, Iran or no Iran, there will be oil
- 28 September 2012
It won't be the end of the world if Israel strikes Iran
Whatever view we take of a nuclear-armed Iran and Israel’s right to self-defence, the alarmist argument constantly invoked – fear of a wider conflagration – simply isn’t credible
- 27 September 2012
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