Tag: U.S.-Iran Tensions
US confiscates four Iranian oil tankers, cargo on way to Venezuela
The United States confiscated tankers allegedly consisting of Iranian fuel in violation of sanctions, reported The Wall Street Journal on Thursday, citing U.S. officials.
U.S. federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture complaint to confiscate four tankers at sea—Luna, Pandi, Bering and Bella—consisting...
Iran executes former defense staffer accused of selling secrets to CIA
The Iranian judiciary announced on Tuesday that it had executed a former defense ministry staffer who sold information to the CIA, reported Reuters.
According to the report, based on Iranian news sources, judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili...
Iran issues arrest warrant for Donald Trump, US calls it ‘propaganda stunt’
Iran has issued an arrest warrant for U.S. President Donald Trump and dozens of others it has accused of being behind the U.S. drone strike that eliminated Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Jan....
Iranian Navy seeking to establish base in Gulf of Oman, entry to Indian Ocean
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is attempting to establish a new permanent base in the Gulf of Oman and the entry to the Indian Ocean, said its top admiral on Monday.
Alireza Tangsiri told the...
Bolton’s temper tantrum
Former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton’s critics routinely refer to him as a neoconservative. But they are wrong. Bolton was never part of the neoconservative clique of Bush administration officials.
Neoconservatives are messianists and...
Top foreign-policy adviser says Biden would keep ‘all’ US sanctions on Iran ‘in place’
If elected president in November, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden would have all U.S. sanctions on Iran stay in place, including the ones enacted under U.S. President Donald Trump, according to the presumptive...
US sanctions two shipping entities for working with Iran
The United States has sanctioned two shipping entities for allegedly doing business with Iran, announced the U.S. State Department on Monday.
Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and its Shanghai-based subsidiary, E-Sail Shipping Company...
Iran to execute alleged US-Israel spy
Iran announced on Tuesday that it will execute a suspected spy for the U.S. and Israel who relayed to those nations information regarding the location of former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Gen. Qassem...
Ignoring US warning, first Iranian fuel tanker arrives in Venezuelan waters
Despite U.S. warnings, the first of five Iranian tankers loaded with fuel arrived in Venezuelan waters on Saturday.
“The ships from the fraternal Islamic Republic of Iran are now in our exclusive economic zone,” tweeted...
Hit by coronavirus, drop in oil prices and US sanctions, Iran’s economy heads for...
With the coronavirus pandemic sending oil prices to record low figures, for Iran, which relies on oil exports as its top revenue source, the economic situation appears bleak.
Reflecting the precarious economic situation, Iran’s parliament...