Iran offers to sell advanced weapons systems for crypto—Parties paying Iran using conventional finance risk being blocked from western-based financial systems as a result of US, EU and UK sanctions. www.ft.com/content/d1ce... @miles-johnson.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Cracking piece by Miles Johnson www.ft.com/content/d7f9...

If you prefer print: FT Weekend Magazine is out today.

New FT Magazine cover story out today - How a failed baseball player and ex-Merrill Lynch broker became an international arms dealer.

Today’s must read FT investigation exposes new clandestine ties between Russian and Iran’s nuclear programmes From @miles-johnson.bsky.social and @maxseddon.bsky.social

Latest from me - How a tiny US gun shop won – and botched – a $1bn Ukraine contract. Based in an Arizona strip mall and boasting ‘reasonable prices’, OTL Firearms landed an order for vast quantities of rockets and other Soviet-standard munitions. It never delivered. on.ft.com/4qsKYDe

Looking forward to talking about journalism and great stories with some esteemed colleagues at the FT Weekend Festival in London this Saturday: ukftweekendfestival.live.ft.com/agenda/sessi...

Eye-opening investigation on whether Iran is moving closer to building nuclear weapons, and also how deep Iran-Russia relations run www.ft.com/content/00f6...

An FT investigation has found that an Iranian delegation visited Russian scientific institutes that produce components with civil applications that could have potential use in nuclear weapons research on.ft.com/3HjTumm

NEW INVESTIGATION: The covert trip by Iranian nuclear experts to Russia, with @maxseddon.bsky.social Last August a delegation of Iranian nuclear scientists flew from Tehran to Moscow. They appeared like civilians working for a small Tehran-based consulting firm. But it was a cover story.

UK investigates possible Russian involvement in Starmer arson attacks https://www.ft.com/content/0fb7a268-1bf6-4faf-ac60-67c53ddf1e62

How Ukraine lost hundreds of millions on arms deals gone wrong https://www.ft.com/content/0bac7e00-1cd1-4874-aab7-011122752d9c

Thank you to The Sunday Long Read for featuring my FT Weekend Magazine story “The fugitive prince” in their excellent weekly email round up:

"The only question was whether he would escape alive." Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to @miles-johnson.bsky.social & @financialtimes.com! Subscribe to Damn History: buff.ly/3CqxZ0z www.ft.com/content/51f8...

Today's featured #longreads 1/2: “The fugitive prince” by @miles-johnson.bsky.social “To his enemies, he is simply Paul Lambrino, a fantasist who, even after everything that happened, claims heirship to a nonexistent throne.”

"He had fought his entire life to be accepted, yet here he was, facing disgrace and years behind bars, not as Prince Paul of Romania, but as Paul Lambrino, crook." @miles-johnson.bsky.social‬ @financialtimes.com #longreads https://longreads.com/2025/01/22/the-fugitive-prince/

My FT Magazine story “The Fugitive Prince” is available as a free audio version in the player at the top of this webpage. It is read by me, produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval and scored by Breen Turner. #longreads www.ft.com/content/51f8...

My story in the FT Weekend Magazine today - The Fugitive Prince: how a man with a claim to a royal title and a vast fortune made a deal with a notorious businessman that cost him more than he could have imagined. www.ft.com/content/51f8...