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Smoke rises during a US-Israeli attack on Tehran.

Australians on sub that sank Iranian warship in Indian Ocean

Two Australian sailors were aboard the US nuclear-powered sub that sank an Iranian frigate, amid reports US-backed Kurdish rebels are ready for a ground assault against Iranian troops.

  • Michael Koziol and Andrew Probyn

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Trump is up against an adversary that is setting out to make America feel its pain. 

The Iran energy nightmare is becoming a reality

Energy analysts modelling a war involving Iran have long feared two developments. Now both are unfolding at once.

  • The Economist
Trump called time on nuclear talks with the Iranian regime.

A seven-page proposal was on the table. Then Trump learnt a tantalising fact

For months before Saturday’s strike on Iran, politicians and analysts argued about the country’s nuclear capability. Trump cut through them.

  • Michael Koziol
Prices for unleaded petrol hit well above $2 a litre in parts of Melbourne on Monday.

Melbourne drivers face petrol price pain as Iran crisis jolts oil markets

Severely restricted global supplies of crude oil could affect motorists should the conflict drag on in the Middle East.

  • Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
The Strait of Hormuz is the critical choke point in the global oil industry, with about 20 per cent of the world’s oil and roughly a third of its LNG passing through it each day.

Dire straits: The oil industry is facing its worst nightmare

The US-Israeli assault on Iran has brought into sharp focus a critical choke point for global shipping.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

‘Arrogant powers’: How the era of the ayatollahs began

Iran’s leader Ali Khamenei has been killed in a strike by the US and Israel. Here’s how he and his predecessor came to power – and held on to it.

  • Angus Holland
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President Donald Trump holds up a fist after disembarking Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport .

‘It’s a war’: US Democrats demand ‘immediate’ Congress vote on Iran strikes

Democrats have accused President Donald Trump of usurping the legislative branch’s power to declare war.

  • Michael Koziol
President Donald Trump talks with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset.

Trump and Netanyahu have decided on war, putting their alliance above any other

The US president and the Israeli prime minister do not need any support from other nations to destroy Iranian military targets, but their decision highlights the rift between Western leaders over this use of overwhelming military force.

  • David Crowe
In an eight-minute video address, the US President Donald Trump made it clear this was not just a one-and-done strike on the Islamic Republic.

In the most consequential moment of his presidency, Trump reveals his end game

Trump was never going to leave his second, final term without a definitive resolution to the Iranian question.

  • Michael Koziol
US President Donald Trump.

Trump has six options that will decide the future of Iran

The US president has developed a taste for fast and decisive military action – but his options for taking on Iran are vastly more complicated and fraught with danger.

  • Adrian Blomfield and Kieran Kelly