Britain said on Monday it was joining a US-led maritime security mission in the Gulf to protect merchant vessels travelling through the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reports. Tanker traffic through...

Iran and Qatar held their fifteenth coast guard meeting yesterday in order to enhance relations and develop field cooperation, according to Iranian media. The meeting, held in the Iranian...

Iranian regime authorities executed two more Ahwazi Arab activists in the Fajr prison in the city of Dazful at around dawn yesterday, following months of torture during which both...

A Saudi royal, Ahmed Bin Abdul Aziz, yesterday warned against “the kingdom’s involvement in a war with Iran.” “I’d oppose the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman if he...

An Iranian fighter jet crashed in southern Iran on Sunday, according to the semi-official Mehr news agency. The aircraft went down in the southern Bushehr province near the Persian...

Iran will take another step to reduce its compliance with a landmark 2015 nuclear deal, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday without elaborating, according to parliamentary...

In a statement, the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said the vessel was captured near the Farsi Island. The tanker was carrying 700,000 liters of “smuggled fuel” and was taken to the Bushehr port, the IRGC statement said

Japan will not send warships to join a US-led maritime force to guard oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz fearing a military response from Iran, but it may...

Madrid has rejected an official request from Washington to participate in the joint forces it plans to form to secure the navigation traffic of the Strait of Hormuz in...

“If the United States makes any mistakes against Iran, it will confront Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps throughout the region,” the IRGC’s head of the political bureau warned yesterday. Yadollah...

Russia on Thursday slammed the US decision to sanction Iran’s foreign minister, Anadolu Agency reports. “The US has only one tool – sanctions,” said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova at...

A few days after visiting Moscow last month, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, headed to Tehran with a bigger and higher-level delegation. The visit lasted several days, hinting...

Iran has been making major changes among the officials of the defence and security services, including a full restructuring of the Revolutionary Guards and establishing a defence air force...

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said yesterday that his country is ready to talk with Saudi Arabia if Riyadh “is ready for talks”, local media reported. “If Saudi Arabia...

It is in the nature of crises, both long term and temporary, for losers and winners to emerge. It is also natural for the human actors therein to be...

Iran and the United Arab Emirates agreed on Tuesday to strengthen mutual diplomatic ties and ensure the security of Gulf waters. This came during a meeting between Iranian Border...

The United States will renew sanctions waivers for Iranian nuclear programs that allow Russia, China and European countries to continue their civilian nuclear cooperation with Tehran, White House national...

Iranian women are sharing videos of themselves flouting laws forcing them to wear headscarves in public, despite a ruling they could face up to ten years in jail for...

An Iranian military delegation arrived at Tehran on Tuesday to discuss border issues between the two countries, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). The meeting takes place...

Iranian oil exports have dropped in July to as low as 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) due to sanctions and rising tension with the United States and Britain, according...

The philosophy that US President Donald Trump lives by is simple: “A businessman does not fight, he makes money.” This is how he deals with international affairs. However, there...

Israeli F-35 fighter jets have been revealed to be responsible for a number of air strikes conducted on Iranian targets in Iraq over the past 11 days, according to...

Iran yesterday warned it would take steps towards reducing its commitment to  the 2015 nuclear deal signed with world powers. “We are still waiting for the Europeans’ practical and...

Tom Barrack, a billionaire friend of US President Donald Trump, pursued a plan to buy Westinghouse Electric Corp even as he lobbied Trump to become a special envoy to...

The events occurring in the Arabian/Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and other international waterways raise many questions about the seizure of some oil tankers, the bombing of others...

Spokesman of the Iranian Government Ali Rabiei announced yesterday that his country is ready to send journalist Marzieh Hashemi to interview US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Al-Khaleej Online...

Iran has condemned the execution of two Shia activists in Bahrain on terrorism-related charges, Anadolu reports. On Saturday, Bahraini authorities executed two men on charges of joining a “terrorist”...

A second UK navy vessel arrived in the Persian Gulf to escort commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz after a British oil tanker was seized by Tehran last...

South Korea plans to join a US-led maritime force in the Middle East by sending a naval unit, which includes a destroyer, to help guard oil tankers sailing through...

Parties to Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal met in Vienna on Sunday for emergency talks called in response to an escalation in tensions between Iran and the West that included...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday foreign forces pose a threat to regional security, according to the official IRNA news agency, Anadolu Agency reports. “Iran has always tried to help ensure...

Iran on Sunday described European plans for a maritime mission to ensure safe passage around the Persian Gulf as “provocative”, Anadolu Agency reports. “We heard that they intend to send a...