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<title><![CDATA[Patrick Wintour - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/88859.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Patrick Wintour]]></description><category domain="88859">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Iran in Crisis Amid U.S. Economic Pressure Campaign]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/31/iran-economy-crisis-usa-launches-sanctions-inflation-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Patrick Wintour</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For many Iranians, the new US sanctions campaign, called Operation Economic Outcast, seems superfluous given the grim economic situation in their country.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Faces Trouble as Strategic Value of Hormuz Erodes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/iran-faces-strait-of-hormuz-paradox-as-strategic-value-of-chokehold-erodes</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Patrick Wintour</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Internal calls to end war get louder as Gulf neighbours plan alternative pipelines to cut reliance on waterway.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Plots To Deal Midterm Blow by Keeping U.S. Entangled]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/07/iran-war-trump-midterm-ballot</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Patrick Wintour</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By dragging out talks, Tehran aims to damage the US president politically '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' but some fear a bruised and weakened Trump could lash back]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fighting Is Over, How Will Iran's Government Behave Now?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/20/what-lessons-will-irans-new-leadership-draw-from-the-110-day-war</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Patrick Wintour</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Now fighting is over, the question is how Iran's government will behave. Early clues point to more authoritarianism and prioritising relations with China]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Signs Iran Peace Plan, 14-Point MOU Revealed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/17/trump-us-iran-war-mou-deal</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Patrick Wintour</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Details of the 14-point agreement revealed as senior US officials claim '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'major win'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' despite significant concessions.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Blackouts, Hyperinflation, Dissent: Iran Considers Peace]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/06/blackouts-hyperinflation-dissent-iran-considers-perilous-prospect-of-peace</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Patrick Wintour</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Conditions that led to bloody prewar protests have been made worse, commentators say]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lifting of Restrictions Reveals Iranian Anger Over Inflation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/27/partial-lifting-of-internet-restrictions-reveal-iranians-anger-over-food-inflation</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Patrick Wintour</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The partial lifting of internet restrictions in'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Iran'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' has revealed a rising tide of anger about food price inflation as ordinary Iranians decry annual price increases of 308% for vegetable oil, 190% for chicken, and 170% for rice.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Remains in Peace Talks Despite U.S. Strikes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/26/iran-peace-deal-talks-us-bombing-ceasefire-strait-hormuz</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Patrick Wintour</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tehran condemns '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'definitive violation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' but announces no specific reprisals as negotiations near decisive stage'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ceasefire With Iran on 'Life Support']]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/11/donald-trump-ceasefire-with-iran-on-life-support-reject-peace-proposals</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Patrick Wintour</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump has said the ceasefire with Iran is on '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'life support'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and that he is considering restarting US navy military escorts of ships through the strait of Hormuz in an attempt to end the Iranian blockade of the vital waterway.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Escalating Economic Crisis Weakening Iran's Position?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/04/could-irans-escalating-economic-crisis-weaken-negotiating-position-with-us</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Patrick Wintour</author>
							<description><![CDATA[War has combined with battered economy to leave Tehran wondering how hardline it can afford to be]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How UAE Leaving OPEC Could Recast the Middle East]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/28/how-uae-leave-opec-recast-middle-east-saudi-arabia-us</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Patrick Wintour</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Defection is damaging to Saudi Arabia'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s prestige '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and could strengthen the US hand in the region]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Strait of Hormuz Is Hosting Gunboat Diplomacy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/strait-of-hormuz-gunboat-diplomacy-us-iran-blockade</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Patrick Wintour</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s indefinite shelving of the plan to bomb Iran'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s bridges and power stations on Tuesday night is being widely described as leaving the conflict in limbo, but that is anything but the truth.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Intemperate Trump Brings Chaos, Confusion to Iran Talks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/19/intemperate-trump-brings-chaos-and-confusion-to-iran-talks</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Patrick Wintour</author>
							<description><![CDATA[US president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s unreliable style sows diplomatic confusion but leaves Tehran clear on strategic value of strait of Hormuz]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. and Iran's 21 Hours of Talks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/12/us-iran-21-hours-talks-war-vance-pakistan</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/12/us-iran-21-hours-talks-war-vance-pakistan]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Patrick Wintour</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The two sides turned up to test one another's resolve. It was probably unrealistic to expect a dispute that has taken up years of discussion to be settled in one marathon session]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Fears Postponed Attack Is Merely Disaster Delayed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/23/unimaginable-hell-iranian-relief-and-unease-after-trump-pauses-plan-to-cripple-power-supply</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Patrick Wintour</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Some inside Iran believe threat was designed to divert attention from desire to seize islands in strait of Hormuz'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran's Willingness To Escalate Is a Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/21/iran-war-conflict-middle-east-trump-israel</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Patrick Wintour</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Brinkmanship, the ability to take a country to the edge of war without plunging it into the abyss, was the cornerstone of cold war diplomacy. But in our different, more unstable times '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' in which the line between state and non-state actors has blurred, and weapons of war have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Larijani Death May Be Bigger Loss to Iran Than Khamenei]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/17/ali-larijani-influence-iran-profile</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Patrick Wintour</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Security chief'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s huge influence on many levels of Iranian politics and abroad would make his killing devastating'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Appointing a New Leader Is the Least of Iran's Troubles]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/08/appointing-a-new-leader-is-the-least-of-irans-troubles</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/08/appointing-a-new-leader-is-the-least-of-irans-troubles]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Patrick Wintour</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Regime hands Khamenei's son the top job in a country reeling from the US-Israeli onslaught and virtually at war with its Gulf neighbours]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Struggling To Function Amid Fight for Survival]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/03/chaos-signals-iran-struggling-to-function-as-war-turns-into-fight-for-survival</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Patrick Wintour</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Strikes on Iranian leadership are putting Tehran under unprecedented military and diplomatic pressure]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Enters Critical Talks Insisting U.S. Deal Possible]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/25/us-iran-nuclear-talks-critical-stage-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Patrick Wintour</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tehran insists deal is possible if US president abides by preconditions agreed with Witkoff and Kushner]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S., Iran To Hold More Talks as Protests Reignite in Iran]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/22/washington-and-tehran-to-hold-more-nuclear-talks-as-protests-reignite-in-iran</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Patrick Wintour</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Fresh Geneva negotiations suggest Trump's team believes the Iranian government is making serious proposals]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Europe Not Interested in Joining New Trump Era]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/15/offer-to-join-trumps-new-era-is-met-with-growing-sense-of-european-steeliness</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Patrick Wintour</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Talk of a stronger, independent Europe was the dominant mood in Munich amid bitter disagreement on Ukraine]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Says He Believes Iran Wants To Make Deal]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/30/donald-trump-iran-end-nuclear-programme-killing-protesters-face-us-military</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Patrick Wintour</author>
							<description><![CDATA[US president declines to say whether he plans Venezuela-like operation, after Tehran signalled it was ready for talks]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Seeks To Avert U.S. Action With Talks in Ankara]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/29/iran-seeks-to-avert-us-military-action-with-talks-in-ankara</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Patrick Wintour</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ankara hosts urgent mediation as Trump's threats mount and Tehran weighs painful compromises to avoid conflict]]></description>
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