Iran’s Intelligence Ministry has claimed once again that it has arrested 17 individuals “on the charges of spying for the CIA” and that some of them have been condemned to death.
Governments in both Iran and the United Kingdom appear to be scrambling with developments in the Persian Gulf region following the detention of a British-flagged oil tanker by Iran’s revolutionary guards on Friday.
Iran's intelligence organs deliberately separate political prisoners from each other, placing them beside criminals, endangering their lives, an outspoken dissident has told Radio Farda in an interview from prison.
Rather than tangle with a stronger U.S. military, Iran is poking and prodding its Western antagonists in ways apparently designed to avoid triggering war but that nonetheless seem to heighten the risk of missteps and miscalculation that could lead to an armed conflict with global consequences.
Tensions between Iran and the West reached a peak in the Persian Gulf Saturday evening July 19 as Iran detained a British-flagged ship and warned another one allegedly in retaliation for detention of an Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar.
Recent seizures and attacks aimed at oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz will raise insurance rates for shipping companies and, if unchecked, reduce tanker traffic in the vital waterway, according to energy experts.
In an unprecedented interview, an influential cleric and a high-tanking Iranian official has talked about his wealth in response to rumors about his son's financial activities.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on July 18 that a 100-year deal is needed with Iran, adding that the 2015 nuclear deal was “a disaster” most importantly because it would be ending soon.
The United States is struggling to win its allies' support for an initiative to heighten surveillance of vital Middle East oil shipping lanes because of fears it will increase tension with Iran, six sources familiar with the matter said.
A court in Amsterdam, Netherlands, has sentenced to life imprisonment the suspect who ordered the murder of an exiled Iranian in December 2015, in the Dutch town of Almere.
Iranians feeling the squeeze from U.S. sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic's ailing economy are increasingly turning to such digital currencies as Bitcoin to make money, prompting alarm in and out of the country.
The small island nation of Bahrain in the southern part of the Persian Gulf is preparing itself to host an international summit this fall on regional maritime and aviation threats posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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