Share This US blames Iran for Saudi strike; big hit for oil prices U.S. tried to build its case Monday that Iran was behind the fiery weekend attack on key Saudi Arabian oil facilities that raised new war worries and sent energy prices spiraling worldwide. Iran denied responsibility, while President Donald Trump said the United […]
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Britain Political Blogger Detained in Iran on ambiguous charges :
Relations September 14, 2020 0 COMMENTSShare This A British-Australian woman detained in Iran has been identified as Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a Middle East politics specialist at Melbourne University. She has been held for a “number of months” already, on charges that remain unclear, the Australian government says. Dr Moore-Gilbert is the third foreign national revealed this week to have been arrested […]
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Share This Iran will not talk to the United States until all sanctions imposed on Tehran are lifted, President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, a day after President Donald Trump said he would meet his Iranian counterpart to try to end a nuclear standoff. Trump said on Monday he would meet Iran’s president under the […]
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Share This Iran ready to start negotiations on French nuclear proposal At a time of heightened friction between Tehran and Washington, Iran also on Thursday displayed what it described as a domestically built long-range, surface-to-air missile air defense system. The United State abandoned the international nuclear deal in May last year and stepped up sanctions […]
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Escalating Tensions :Iranian boats ‘tried to stop British tanker in Strait of Hormuz:
Relations July 11, 2020 0 COMMENTSShare This Iranian boats tried to impede a British oil tanker near the Gulf – before being driven off by a Royal Navy ship, the Ministry of Defence has said. HMS Montrose, a British frigate shadowing the BP-owned tanker, was forced to move between the three boats and the tanker, a spokesman said. He described […]
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Trump says he stopped American forces to attack on Iran at last moments to save lives:
Relations June 22, 2020 0 COMMENTSShare This U.S (Express Daily) -. President Donald Trump said on Friday he aborted a military strike to retaliate for Iran’s downing of an unmanned U.S. drone because it could have killed 150 people, and signaled he was open to talks with Tehran. An Iranian surface-to-air missile destroyed a U.S. Global Hawk surveillance drone on […]
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Attack on Iran:Trump ‘approved military strikes against Iran but soon changed his mind’
Relations June 21, 2020 0 COMMENTSShare This President Donald Trump approved retaliatory military strikes against Iran on Thursday before changing his mind, US media reports. The operation was under way “in its initial stage” when Mr Trump changed his decision. The strikes were in response for Iran earlier shooting down a US spy drone, the newspaper said. Iran claims the […]
READ MOREShare This A US military surveillance drone has been shot down by Iranian forces while flying over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said the drone had violated Iranian airspace. But US military said it had been over international waters. IRGC commander-in-chief Maj-Gen Hossein Salami said the downing of the drone […]
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1,000 more U.S troops in Middle East: Escalating tensions Between two nations on tanker attacks:
Relations June 18, 2020 0 COMMENTSShare This U.S decided to send one thousand more troops to the gulf amid tanker attack tensions with iran.Acting Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan said the deployment was in response to what he described as “hostile behaviour” by Iranian forces. The US Navy also shared new images it says link Iran to recent oil tanker attacks […]
READ MOREShare This Dozens of crew members have been rescued after abandoning two oil tankers hit by explosions in the Gulf of Oman. Ship operators said 21 crew on board the Kokuka Courageous and 23 on the Front Altair had been evacuated. Iran rescued the 44 after an “accident”, state media said, although the cause is […]
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