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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)
  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2024
    OutlookIran
    Iran’s Olympic daughters highlight the dilemma of the young

    Of the two who met on the taekwondo mat in Paris, one had left the country and one stayed; neither choice is easy

    Nahid Kiani and Kimia Alizadeh embrace each other on the podium, with Korea’s Kim Yu-jin, left, and Canada’s Skylar Park, during the medal ceremony for the taekwondo women’s 57kg weight class at the Paris Olympics last week
  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2024
    Middle East conflict
    Iran lashes out at Europeans over call for restraint in attacking Israel

    US has warned Tehran or its proxies could launch a retaliatory strike this week

    Smoke billowing during Israeli bombardment of the southern Lebanese border village of Khiam
  • Monday, 12 August, 2024
    News in-depthIran
    Iran gives few clues as region awaits military response to Israel

    Tehran keeps world guessing over how it will retaliate for the killing of Hamas leader on its territory

    People walk next to huge Iranian and Palestinian flags hanging on a wall in Eneghelab square in Tehran
  • Sunday, 11 August, 2024
    Iran
    Iran’s president nominates former nuclear negotiator as foreign minister

    Masoud Pezeshkian proposes cabinet that balances reformist instincts with need to keep hardliners on board

    Abbas Araghchi
  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    Middle East conflict
    Iran will ‘definitely’ retaliate against Israel for killing of Haniyeh, says new president

    Masoud Pezeshkian vows a response for ‘crimes and insolence’ as US sends reinforcements to defend its ally

    Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, right, meets Russian security council secretary Sergei Shoigu in Tehran on Monday
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Hizbollah chief says Beirut killing takes battle with Israel to ‘new phase’

    Hassan Nasrallah warns ‘red lines’ have been crossed, raising fears of a wider regional conflagration

    Hezbollah fighters stand behind the coffin of their top commander Fuad Shukr, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday, July 30, as Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, displayed on a screen, speaks during Shukur’s funeral in a southern Beirut, Lebanon
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Iran vows revenge as it accuses Israel of killing of Hamas political leader

    Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran has dramatically raised risk of escalation of hostilities

    Iranians carry a portrait of late Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh and wave Palestinian flags during a protest at Tehran University in Tehran
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Tehran killing poses severe test for Iran’s new reformist president

    Assassination of visiting Hamas leader on home soil exposes vulnerabilities in country’s security and intelligence apparatus

    The late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh clapping during newly-elected Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian’s speech at a ceremony in Tehran, Iran on July 30 2024
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    Iran
    Iran’s new president vows to ‘normalise’ economic relations with the world

    Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian says he ‘will not rest’ until US sanctions are lifted

    Masoud Pezeshkian, top, during his swearing-in ceremony at Iran’s parliament in Tehran on Tuesday
  • Sunday, 28 July, 2024
    Iran
    Iran’s supreme leader endorses reformist Pezeshkian as president

    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s official backing for election winner opens way for formation of new government

    Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and president elect Masoud Pezeshkian
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
    Iran
    Iran’s hardliners trade blows over election loss

    Repudiation of candidates came after their mishandling of the economy and power struggles among them

    Saeed Jalili speaks to a crowd before casting his ballot during the second round of Iran’s early presidential elections on July 5, 2024
  • Sunday, 7 July, 2024
    News in-depthIran
    Masoud Pezeshkian: the heart surgeon who became Iran’s president-elect

    The 69-year-old promises change to Tehran’s domestic and foreign policies and to end nuclear stand-off

    Masoud Pezeshkian
  • Saturday, 6 July, 2024
    Iran
    Reformist Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential election

    Successor to Raisi seeks to ease social restrictions and re-engage with west to secure sanctions relief

  • Saturday, 29 June, 2024
    Iran
    Iran’s presidential run-off pits reformist against hardliner

    After a record low turnout, the second round will offer a stark choice in a country beset by economic malaise

  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    Iran
    Iran’s reformist candidate jolts presidential race with nuclear pitch

    Outsider Masoud Pezeshkian rattles hardliners by pressing for closer relations with west and softer stance on hijab

    Masoud Pezeshkian is surrounded by supporters at a campaign event
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    Iran
    Reformist candidate Pezeshkian shakes up Iran presidential election

    Former health minister looks to upset odds after being chosen as one of six candidates for this month’s vote

    Masoud Pezeshkian
  • Monday, 3 June, 2024
    Iran
    Dozens of candidates register to stand in Iran’s presidential election

    Hopefuls from across the spectrum apply, but the Islamic republic is unlikely to take many risks

    Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
  • Thursday, 23 May, 2024
    Iran
    Ebrahim Raisi buried after days of mourning for Iranian president

    Funeral at Shia shrine after leader’s death in helicopter crash with potential successors lining up ahead of vote

    Soldiers carrying the coffin of late Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and other victims of the helicopter crash
  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
    Iran
    Iran begins funeral procession for president after helicopter crash

    Crowds gather in city of Tabriz for start of three days of mourning events

    Iranians attend a ceremony in memory of the late president Ebrahim Raisi in Tabriz
  • Monday, 20 May, 2024
    Iran
    Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi dead in helicopter crash

    Aircraft came down on Sunday in remote and mountainous north-west

    Ebrahim Raisi
  • Monday, 20 May, 2024
    News in-depthIran
    Death of Raisi to test unity of Iran’s hardline factions

    Process to choose new president could push political rivalries among regime loyalists to new level

    Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, centre, and potential presidential candidates Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, left, and Ali Larijani
  • Monday, 20 May, 2024
    ObituaryEbrahim Raisi
    Ebrahim Raisi, president of Iran, 1960-2024

    Conservative cleric and protégé of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was a contender to become the Islamic republic’s next supreme leader

    Ebrahim Raisi
  • Monday, 20 May, 2024
    Iran
    Iranian rescue services find president’s helicopter wreckage

    Ebrahim Raisi’s condition unclear after ‘hard landing’ of his aircraft in mountainous region

    Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage at an event to inaugurate a dam in Azerbaijan hours before the helicopter crash
  • Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
    The Big Read
    How Iran has quietly fixed the race for the next supreme leader

    The regime’s power-brokers have done everything to ensure a smooth transition except find a frontrunner

    Iranians brandish portraits of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and former supreme leader Ruhollah Khomeini at a rally in Tehran
  • Sunday, 21 April, 2024
    ExplainerMiddle East conflict
    Who pulls the strings of power in Iran?

    Military confrontation with Israel highlights dominance of Ali Khamenei and Revolutionary Guards

    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
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