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“Adrian Darya 1.” Source: Screenshot.

Pompeo accuses Iran of lying about oil delivery to Syria

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Iran of lying about an oil delivery to Syria through its oil tanker Adrian Darya 1, which was impounded by the United Kingdom off Gibraltar in July and released the following month...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Credit: Flickr.

British premier attributes attack on Saudi oil to Iran

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday that his country is “attributing responsibility with a very high degree of probability to Iran” for the Sept. 14 drone and cruise missile strike against the...
U.S. President Donald Trump. Credit: Sean Sullivan and Robert Costa via Flickr.

Report: Trump weighs retaliatory action against Iran after Saudi oil-facility attack

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The Trump administration is considering numerous options, including a physical strike or cyber attack on Iranian oil facilities or Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ assets, to respond against Iran for striking two Saudi Aramco oil...
Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (left) with President Hassan Rouhani. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Iran announces ‘resistance’ to stopping of US waivers on oil imports

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Iran’s leaders have called for “resistance” against the U.S. decision on Monday not to extend waivers given to countries almost six months ago over importing Iranian oil. “There is no way except resistance,” posted President Hassan Rouhani on...

The next region of conflict: Eastern Mediterranean

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Attention in Israel has been focused of late on Iran’s emissaries on our northern and southern borders, but the fifth tripartite meeting between Israel, Greece and Cyprus, to be held today in Beersheva, is...
Drilling platform "Iran Khazar" in use on a production platform in the Cheleken of Dragon Oil Field. Credit: www.dragonoil.com/Wikimedia Commons.

US waivers on Iran sanctions keeping oil prices low

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Due to temporary waivers the Trump administration granted to several countries to allow them to import Iranian oil, global oil prices have remained low. The waivers were issued when the United States reimposed sanctions on Iran in...