Saudi border guards have opened fire on an Iranian fishing boat in the Gulf, killing a fisherman, Iran's Tasnim news agency said on Saturday, amid high tension between the two rival states.
Russia has sharply criticized a recent decision by the United States to deploy two units of HIMARS multiple rocket launchers to a base in eastern Syria.
U.S. permanent representative at the UN Nikki Haley has called for the immediate release of two Iranian Americans, Siamak and Baquer Namazi, currently being held in Tehran.
The U.S. Senate's decision to impose new sanctions on Iran is an "unquestionable" violation of a nuclear deal reached in 2015 between Tehran and six major powers including the United States.
Iran’s foreign minister called the U.S. policy of bringing about peaceful change in Iran “delusional” and “defeated”.
The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday for legislation to impose new sanctions on Iran and Russia, and force President Donald Trump to get Congress' approval before easing any existing sanctions on Russia.
"If the U.S. decides to start a war against Iran, all its military bases in the region will be made insecure," warned General Yahta Rahim Safavi, special aide the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on military affairs, on July 14.
An Iranian naval patrol boat shined a laser at a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter flying over the Strait of Hormuz in what U.S. officials said was an unsafe encounter.
The Islamic Republic has announced that in a clash with a “terrorist” group five people were arrested and two were killed.
U.S. troops based in Syria's southeastern desert have expanded their footprint, rebels there say, increasing the risk of direct ground confrontation between the Americans and Iran-backed pro-government forces.
“The two murderers of Farhang Amiri, a Baha’i [citizen of Iran] who was stabbed to death in September 2016 in Iran, have been released on bail after having confessed to killing him because of his faith,”
The Emirati ambassador to the United States said on Tuesday there was no military aspect to steps taken by Arab powers against Qatar, which they accuse of supporting terrorism, but that further economic pressure could be applied.
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