Tags - Persian Gulf
The new US defense chief has claimed that a Washington-led scheme to police the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz against purported Iranian threat will soon gain commitments of several allied countries despite recent reports that even key US allies have snubbed the anti-Iran effort.
News ID: 446367 Publish Date : 2019/08/05
The US request to build a "coalition" against Iran in the Persian Gulf has been met with either silence or rejection, including a blunt “no” from Germany, the New York Times reports.
News ID: 446313 Publish Date : 2019/08/03
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, in a meeting with Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah in Tehran on Sunday, said that his country’s strategy is focused on upholding security and peace in the Persian Gulf region.
News ID: 446208 Publish Date : 2019/07/29
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced in a statement issued on Friday evening that its naval forces have seized British tanker ship, 'Stena Impero', for violating maritime rules and regulations in the Persian Gulf .
News ID: 446055 Publish Date : 2019/07/20
The Trump administration has backtracked on its earlier bid to build a military coalition in the Persian Gulf to counter what it called the “Iran threat”, saying now that the coalition is not aimed at countering the Islamic Republic.
News ID: 446039 Publish Date : 2019/07/19
General:
Iranian armed forces maintain the highest level of combat readiness and will respond to any aggression with countermeasures that will cost the enemies dearly, says a senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
News ID: 445777 Publish Date : 2019/07/01
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has slammed the United States for its continued provocations against Iran, which he says might prompt a real conflict in the Middle East.
News ID: 445568 Publish Date : 2019/06/22
Arab Analyst:
A senior Arab analyst warned Saudi Arabia and the UAE to avoid gambling on their stability and future, saying that the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) members will be the main losers of the recent tensions in the region, alluding to the Saudi-UAE companionship with the US confrontation against Iran.
News ID: 445433 Publish Date : 2019/06/15
President Rouhani:
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that his country values security in all over the world and specially in the Persian Gulf region as its top concern.
News ID: 445425 Publish Date : 2019/06/15
Iran has warned the US to stop playing a blame game through "suspicious" attacks on oil tankers in the Middle East, describing the American behavior as "worrying".
News ID: 445422 Publish Date : 2019/06/15
FM Zarif:
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in a post on his Twitter page on Friday, reminded that the famous anti-Iran group of Bolton, Benjamin Netanyahu, bin Salman and bin Zayed Al Nahyan are sabotaging diplomacy to push the US further increase its hostilities against Tehran, adding that recent allegations by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are part of the same campaign.
News ID: 445420 Publish Date : 2019/06/14
The commander of the Iranian Army’s Air Defense Force has warned enemies against approaching Iran’s borders.
News ID: 445416 Publish Date : 2019/06/14
IRGC:
The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the country’s enemies have unsuccessfully exhausted all of their capacity for various types of warfare against the Islamic Republic.
News ID: 445137 Publish Date : 2019/05/29
A senior member of Hamas resistance group welcomed secretary-general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement Seyed Hassan Nasrallah's call for standing against the US-proposed 'Deal of Century' agreement.
News ID: 445085 Publish Date : 2019/05/27
Envoy to UN:
With the US building up its military presence in the Persian Gulf , Iran's ambassador to the UN says the country "will stand firmly against any act of aggression" even though it does not seek war.
News ID: 445054 Publish Date : 2019/05/26
Paper:
The six members of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) have different views on Washington's confrontation against Iran, a Kuwaiti paper reported on Sunday.
News ID: 444979 Publish Date : 2019/05/20
Report:
An unconfirmed report shows Britain has secretly sent troops to the Persian Gulf to help US forces in the region to counter an alleged threat from Iran.
News ID: 444976 Publish Date : 2019/05/20
Twelve prison guards in Bahrain have been charged with physically assaulting inmates, as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy clampdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy activists in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
News ID: 444797 Publish Date : 2019/05/09
An Israeli delegation of merchants and officials has canceled its planned participation in a business conference in Bahrain amid growing national outcry over the Persian Gulf kingdom’s warming ties with the Tel Aviv regime following years of clandestine contacts.
News ID: 444351 Publish Date : 2019/04/15
Envoy:
Iran's envoy to the United Kingdom has warned the United States that Tehran will “forcefully retaliate” any moves by the US military against the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), which was designated as a terrorist organization by US President Donald Trump earlier this week.
News ID: 444292 Publish Date : 2019/04/13