As Iranian officials begin probe into the seized tanker, London tells UK ships to avoid Strait of Hormuz. US to launch plan for ‘free passage’ of ships in Iran’s waterway. The United Kingdom has told all British [ More … ]
Iran says it “categorically rejects” US claims that it is behind attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had blamed Iran for the “unprovoked attacks” on [ More … ]
Iraqi political and militia leaders condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s surprise visit to U.S. troops in Iraq on Wednesday as a violation of Iraq’s sovereignty, and lawmakers said a meeting between Trump and Iraqi Prime [ More … ]
The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Iran may follow the path of North Korea and produce nuclear weapons if the region is left uncontrolled by world leaders while calling for reviewing the terms [ More … ]
The Trump administration said on Tuesday it was preparing for reviewing the Iran nuclear deal, to determine whether the lifting of sanctions against Iran was in the United States’ national security interests after long months [ More … ]
US lawmakers voted to delay newly imposed sanctions on Iran as the Iranian elections, which may witness a significant change in Iran’s foreign policy, became closer. Iran made a historic nuclear deal with P5+1 powers [ More … ]
Iran’s Aseman Airlines has signed a tentative deal with the US planemaker Boeing to buy dozens of the company’s twinjet narrow-body passenger planes, in the first deal since Trump’s inauguration. Iran made a historic nuclear deal with [ More … ]
Iran started to counter the US measures and threats by imposing its own sanctions against various US companies, alleging they support terrorism, repression, and Israel’s occupation of Palestine, Iran made a historic nuclear deal with [ More … ]
Iran’s Foreign Minister warned that that Tehran is ready to restore its nuclear program if the US fails to live up to its commitments under the July 2015 nuclear deal. Iran made a historic nuclear deal with P5+1 powers [ More … ]
Both the FBI and the White House marked the 10th anniversary on Thursday of the disappearance of American Robert Levinson in Iran with a pledge to bring him back to the United States, a mission [ More … ]
A navy confrontation between U.S. and Iranian vessels in the strait of Hormuz sparked more tension as both sides blamed one another for the incident. Trump has said during his election campaign that Iran’s nuclear deal [ More … ]
Trump’s administration was studying a proposal to designate Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, while senior defense and intelligence officials expressed their concerns about such a decision that will complicate [ More … ]
Iranian military forces have held military drills in the weekend as a clear reply to the new US sanctions against the republic while sending threats again and saying they are ready to repel any offensive. The [ More … ]
The past few days witnessed a quick collapse of the relations between the US and Iran after a short time of relative calm. However, this tension isn’t new and has old and deep roots, but [ More … ]
Iran launched military drills on Saturday, in a clear challenge of the new sanctions that were imposed by the US administrations against the republic. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps launched military drills on Saturday and tested new [ More … ]
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