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Royal Navy to escort British ships from Iran attack in Strait of Hormuz

The British government has said it will provide a Royal Navy escort for British-flagged ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz – amid increasing diplomatic tensions in the Gulf. The government is also advising vessels not to sail through the area, as

July 25, 2019

Asia·Breaking News

Iran President Rouhani says Britain to face ‘consequences’ for seizing Iranian tanker

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday Britain would face “consequences” over the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker. Iran has demanded the immediate release of the Grace 1, which British Royal Marines boarded off Gibraltar last week and seized on suspicion

July 10, 2019

Breaking News·United Kingdom

Iran minister says Britain’s seizure of oil tanker was threatening act

Britain’s seizing of an Iranian oil tanker last week was a threatening act that will not be tolerated, Iran’s Defence Minister Amir Hatami said on Monday in a speech broadcast live on state television. Royal Marines impounded the tanker in Gibraltar on

July 8, 2019

Breaking News

UAE calls for talks to defuse United States – Iran tensions

The United Arab Emirates on Sunday called for negotiations to defuse tensions between the United States and Iran after Tehran shot down a US drone. “Tensions in the Gulf can only be addressed politically,” Anwar Gargash, UAE minister of state for foreign

June 24, 2019

Middle East·World

Trump dissuaded from Iran strike because 150 Iranians would have died

Washington: United States President Donald Trump said he abruptly called off the military strikes on Iran Thursday because the likely deaths of 150 Iranians would have been out of proportion to the shootdown of an unmanned American surveillance drone. Trump’s admission comes

June 22, 2019

World

Trump Orders Military To Attack Iran, but then abruptly pulls back

US President Donald Trump authorized U.S. military strikes against Iran on Thursday, but officials abruptly pulled back from carrying them out just hours later, The New York Times reported. Military planes and ships were getting ready to attack Iranian targets — such as radar and

June 21, 2019

Breaking News·United States

Donald Trump suggests Iran’s shootdown of US drone was accidental

United States President Donald Trump declared Thursday that “Iran made a very big mistake” in shooting down a U.S. drone but suggested it was an accident rather than a strategic error. Asked about a U.S. response, he said repeatedly, “You’ll find out.”

June 20, 2019

Breaking News·United States

Iran says shooting down US drone sends ‘clear message’ to Trump administration

Iran has shot down a US military drone using a surface-to-air missile, Iran and American military officials said, amid an escalating row over alleged attacks on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. IRNA said the drone was hit when it entered

June 20, 2019

Breaking News·US & Canada

President Trump slams Iran as ‘corrupt dictatorship’ in U.N. speech

United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday castigated Iran for sowing “chaos, death and destruction” in the Middle East and urged other countries to join the US in resuming economic pressure on Iran. The US President trumpeted his decision to withdraw from

September 25, 2018

Asia·Middle East

Gunmen attack Iranian military parade killing 8 troops: state media

Gunmen attacked a military parade in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz on Saturday, killing at least eight members of the elite Revolutionary Guard and wounding 20 others, state media said. A woman and a child were among at least 20 civilians

September 22, 2018

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