There are almost no words to describe the monumental folly of the United Kingdom in seizing Grace 1, an Iranian oil tanker, in Gibraltar. Tehran has responded by capturing the British-flagged Stena Impero and holding it until further notice. This is...
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While healing the distrust between Tehran and Washington will be difficult, the “first condition” of restoring normal relations between the US, Iran, and other signatories of the 2015 nuclear deal is to return to the terms of that deal, Dr....
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The message comes amid escalating tensions between Tehran and London, which exacerbated in early July when an Iranian oil supertanker was captured by UK Royal Marines. The incident was followed by the 19 July seizure of a British tanker by Iran’s...
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The ship, whose seizure has caused a major diplomatic spat in an already-volatile region, is currently docked in a southern Iranian port. Tehran is conducting a probe into the incident, saying that the tanker had violated maritime regulations.
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The statement comes as UK Prime Minister Theresa May is preparing to chair an emergency security meeting on London’s possible response to Iran's seizure of a British-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz over what Tehran described as a breach of...
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Relations between Tehran and Washington have soured significantly since the US withdrew unilaterally from the Iranian nuclear deal in 2018. US National Security Adviser John Bolton stated earlier this month that Iran will remain under pressure until...
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NATO condemned the seizures of ships in the Strait of Hormuz, saying the incidents represent a challenge to international freedom of navigation. The bloc expressed its support for diplomatic engagement between London and Tehran.
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The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) captured the British-flagged Stena Impero tanker on Friday, allegedly for breaking international laws.
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The US continues to “strangle” Iran’s economy by imposing sanctions on Tehran as well as other countries that attempt to trade with Iran, Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the peace group Code Pink, told Radio Sputnik’s Loud & Clear Friday.
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized a British ship in the Strait of Hormuz, adding to escalating tensions between Tehran and the U.S.
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Tehran on Friday denied the United States had downed one of its drones, saying all Iranian aircraft were accounted for and jesting Washington may have accidentally hit their own machine. The latest incident in the strategic Strait of Hormuz comes...
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The Spanish frigate was part of a US-led naval group that was sent to the Persian Gulf shortly before Tehran announced the suspension of some of its obligations under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal on 8 May. The move came exactly a year after the US...
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The US-Iran tensions have drastically deteriorated since US unilateral withdrawal from the nuclear deal, also known as JCPOA, and re-introduction of sanctions against Tehran.
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In June the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that they had shot down a US surveillance drone over the waters of Iran's Hormozgan province. Tehran claimed that the US RQ-4 Global Hawk spy drone had violated its airspace, while...
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Dario Leone
Security, Middle East
Surprise, surprise.
Israel has long seen Iran as its greatest threat, while Iranian officials regularly threaten to destroy the Jewish state.
On Jul. 9, 2019 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Tehran...
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The statement comes amid growing tensions between Washington and Tehran which spiked after the US slapped more sanctions on Iran and sent additional troops to the Gulf following the Islamic Republic’s suspension of some of its obligations under...
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The news comes after London earlier this month accused Tehran of attempting to seize a British tanker in the Persian Gulf, which Iran has strongly denied.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned Monday that the United States is “playing with fire,” echoing remarks by President Donald Trump as the two sides are locked in a standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program. The...
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Tehran expects Europe to make "concrete" steps toward implementing the Iran nuclear deal, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said on Monday.
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The detention of a supertanker laden with Iranian oil off the coast of Gibraltar by UK Royal Marines on 4 July has caused tensions between the two countries to skyrocket, with London deploying warships to the Persian Gulf amid claims that Tehran has...
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