The limpet mines used to attack a Japanese-owned oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz last week bore "a striking resemblance" to similar mines displayed by Iran, a U.S. Navy explosives expert said Wednesday, stopping short of directly blaming Tehran for the assault.
Iran imports Russian equipment and agricultural products in exchange for crude oil it had already sold to Moscow, Russian Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak said on Tuesday, June 18, in Tehran.
Some Arab and Iranian news reports say there have been secret intelligence meetings between Egypt and Iran in recent weeks, to deal with regional tensions.
Two top Iranian security officials have claimed that Tehran has uncovered a large U.S. spy network, without providing details. It is not even clear if they were referring to the same case.
Hostilities are heating up between the United States and Iran and while President Donald Trump says he's not looking to go to war with Tehran, it's unclear how the standoff can be resolved.
The deployment of 1,000 more US troops to the Middle East highlights the imbalance of forces in the region between Washington and Tehran.
U.S. President Donald Trump would consider using military force to prevent Iran from gaining a nuclear weapon but left open the question if it involved protecting oil supplies, he told Time magazine in an interview published on Tuesday.
Iran's gross domestic product, including oil production, shrank 4.9 percent in fiscal year 2018-19 compared with the year before, according to the latest report by Statistical Center of Iran's (SCI).
Iran has followed through on its threats to further scale back its compliance with a nuclear deal, saying time is running out to save the accord with world powers.
There are apparent differences among members of the body tasked to choose the next supreme leader of Iran. Is there a short-list endorsed by ayatollah Khamenei, and wil it be respected.
At least three laws have been enacted and implemented in recent years in Iran without parliamentary approval, an outspoken member of the legislative body disclosed on June 16.
On June 13 the U.S. Central Command published a statement, alleging that an Iranian boat removed an “unexploded limpet mine.” What are limpet mines and does Iran have such devices?
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