British Prime Minister Theresa May chaired an emergency security meeting on July 22 on how Britain should respond to Iran's seizure of a British-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.
UN nuclear watchdog chief Yukiya Amano has died, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on July 22.
Iranian authorities say security agencies have arrested 17 suspects and sentenced some of them to death after dismantling a CIA spy ring.
London condemned Tehran’s seizure of a British-flagged tanker in the Persian Gulf and said it was operating legally in Omani territorial waters when it was seized by Iranian forces.
The European Union on July 20 accused Tehran of risking "further escalation" and inhibiting efforts to defuse dangerous tensions in the strait used to transit most of the Middle East's oil
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has approved the hosting of U.S. troops for the first time since the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was toppled in 2003, as the two allies bolster cooperation amid rising tensions with Iran
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says his country is focusing on diplomacy and not "military options" following Iran's seizure of a British oil tanker in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps says it has "confiscated" a British tanker, the Stena Impero, in the Strait of Hormuz for what it alleges was a failure "to respect international maritime rules."
The U.S. Treasury Department on July 18 imposed additional sanctions on Iran that target its nuclear-enrichment program.
President Donald Trump says a U.S. warship destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
A British-Iranian aid worker serving a five-year prison term in Iran on sedition charges that she denies has been moved from prison to a hospital psychiatric ward.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Tehran will retaliate over the seizure of an Iranian tanker by British authorities.
Iran's president has said Tehran is ready to negotiate with the United States if Washington ends economic sanctions.
The high-profile trial of former Tehran Mayor Mohammad Ali Najafi on charges that he killed his second wife has started, Iranian media reported.
Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanon's Iran-backed Hizballah movement, says the United States has been attempting to open communications with his group despite imposing new sanctions against its leaders.
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a proposal that would limit President Donald Trump's ability to take military action against Iran. Meanwhile Trump has issued another warning to Iran.
Reuters is reporting that the United States has decided not to slap sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for now, an indication that Washington may not be closing the door to diplomacy in the countries’ tense dispute.
The Pentagon says it is moving closer to establishing military escorts for ships in the Persian Gulf, hours after Britain said armed Iranian boats “attempted to impede” a British oil tanker.
U.S. media are reporting that five armed Iranian boats attempted to seize a British tanker in the strategic Strait of Hormuz but were driven off by a Royal Navy vessel, in a move that followed threats by Iran to capture a British ship.
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