U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Monday that the United States is prepared to protect U.S. personnel and citizens in the Middle East as tensions build with Iran over its nuclear program.
French President Emmanuel Macron's top diplomatic advisor will travel to Iran on Tuesday and Wednesday to try to de-escalate tensions between Tehran and the United States, a presidential official said on Monday.
World powers will not be able to negotiate a better deal with Iran than the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted on Monday.
A report says that a British oil tanker is staying in the Persian Gulf in fear of being seized by Iran in retaliation for an Iranian tanker impounded by the British and Gibraltar authorities since July 4.
Iran’s defense minister has said that impounding an Iranian oil tanker at Gibraltar is “a sort of sea piracy” and “will not be tolerated and will not go unanswered”.
Iran says a magnitude 5.7 earthquake hit a town in the country's southwest on July 8, damaging several buildings.
While U.S. warned Sunday of more sanctions hitting Iran, the country’s oil minister expressed hope crude exports will increase without offering any details.
In a strange turn of events, a Norwegian oil tanker sabotaged on May 12 in Fujairah territorial waters in the Persian Gulf region is on its way to Iran.
Iran’s deputy foreign minister has revealed that UK ambassador in Tehran visited the foreign ministry Saturday evening for a second time in recent days to discuss the issue of an Iranian oil tanker impounded at Gibraltar.
Leaked emails sent by UK ambassador to Washington, which paint a negative picture of President Donald Trump’s administration, also criticize his Iran policy as “incoherent, chaotic”.
One of the signatories of a statement demanding the resignation of Iran’s Supreme Leader published a month ago says he was attacked by three unidentified assailants.
At the same time that Iranian officials say they are ready to increase the level of uranium enrichment, President Hassan Rouhani has said U.S. sanctions should be halted to make “a new movement” possible.
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