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KSAZ
| over 1 year ago
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Sunday that international pressure and sanctions against Iran are working to prevent Tehran from trying to develop a nuclear weapon, although he conceded that the country is working to develop "a nuclear capability.
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Japan Times
| over 1 year ago
Hawaii The United States and some major European countries are contemplating imposing harsh sanctions on Iran's oil exports if it does not stop its attempts to build a nuclear weapon. If such sanctions are indeed imposed, Iran has threatened to block...
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Merced Sun-Star
| over 1 year ago
An Iranian newspaper quotes a senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard as saying that Tehran's leadership has decided to order the closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf if the country's oil exports are...
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Asian Tribune
| over 1 year ago
31 editor The rapidly-evolving conflict between Iran and the West in the Strait of Hormuz appears to have certainly gone past the sabre-rattling phase of the so-called psychological warfare. Since there is no sign of de-escalating the crisis, we...
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Los Angeles Times
| over 1 year ago
Navy 's rescue of 13 Iranian fishermen held hostage by Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea, calling it a humanitarian act. But the hard-line Fars news agency, which is close to Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard, dismissed the rescue as a Hollywood-style...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Text Size Financial markets began the New Year with a positive note. While the sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone remained worrisome, market sentiment was buoyant by improvement in the US. The dataflow in the US contained some pleasant surprises...
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United Press International
| over 1 year ago
Energy traders in European markets are looking at securing substitute sources for crude oil if the ongoing diplomatic efforts fail to end a stalemate and prompt the European Union to stop importing oil and petroleum products from Iran.
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The Daily Herald
| over 1 year ago
Navy said it rescued 13 Iranian fishermen held hostage by pirates in the Northern Arabian Sea days after an Iranian military leader warned against sending a U.S. aircraft carrier into the Persian Gulf. A boarding team from the guided-missile...
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KSAZ
| over 1 year ago
Navy destroyer has rescued an Iranian fishing boat that had been commandeered by suspected pirates just days after Tehran warned the U.S. to keep its warships out of the Persian Gulf. American forces flying off the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd...
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United Press International
| over 1 year ago
Iran is planning its most massive naval exercises near the Strait of Hormuz, scheduled for "the near future," officials said. Iran concluded its last set of naval exercises in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Sea of Oman on Monday, Iran'...
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United Press International
| over 1 year ago
Iran's saber rattling is far from over as it scheduled new naval exercises near the Strait of Hormuz, a major choke point for the world's oil tankers. The exercise comes on the heels of 10 days of maneuvers that started last month and included the...
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KSAZ
| over 1 year ago
The US Navy has rescued 13 Iranian sailors who were being held hostage by pirates in the Gulf of Oman. Ironically, the forces that came to their assistance were assigned to the USS John C. Stennis strike group -- the same aircraft carrier that was...
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Russia Today
| over 1 year ago
With tensions around the Strait of Hormuz sky-high, Iranian plans to conduct the country's "greatest naval war games could coincide with joint US-Israeli exercises in the Persian Gulf. With both sides taking positions, could a real battle be looming?
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NY Daily News
| over 1 year ago
U.S. sailors braced for battle with Iran's navy took the high road Friday and rescued a group of Iranian fisherman from Arabian Sea pirates. A Navy SH-60 Seahawk helicopter was patrolling off the destroyer USS Kidd when its crew spotted a pirate...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Articles The announcement came after Iran reiterated threats to close the strategic oil route if the West imposes sanctions on oil exports. "The presence of extra-regional powers in the Persian Gulf is unhelpful and damaging and their presence has no...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Britain and France have vociferously backed the U.S. with Britain saying it is just waiting for the signal to commence naval action. French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe has urged other European Union members to go with the U.S. to freeze Iranian bank...
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NOW Lebanon
| over 1 year ago
Iran is to hold fresh military exercises in and around the strategic Strait of Hormuz within weeks, the naval commander of its powerful Revolutionary Guards was quoted as saying on Friday. The maneuvers are to be held in the Iranian calendar month...
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Mail Online UK
| over 1 year ago
Philip Hammond warned the regime in Tehran that the UK will not tolerate the very significant consequences' if it fulfils a threat to block the Strait of Hormuz. He signalled that such action would be blocked by force of arms. Mr Hammond used a...
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The Washington Times
| over 1 year ago
As the world finished celebrating the holidays of peace, the Iranian mullahs appeared again to be planting seeds of conflict in the Middle East. They have threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, vital to global energy supply, as part of a military...
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Bradenton Herald
| over 1 year ago
The European Union appears on the verge of banning its member countries from buying Iranian oil, a move that would culminate a years-long behind-the-scenes campaign by two U.S. administrations to cripple that oil-rich nation's lifeblood industry.
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United Press International
| over 1 year ago
Europe's move toward banning Iranian oil imports, vital to Iran's besieged economy, has sharpened tensions in the Persian Gulf, where Tehran has threatened to block the strategic Strait of Hormuz if new sanctions are imposed.
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The Economist
| over 1 year ago
A few days later, Iran's army chief, General Ataollah Salehi, raised the temperature another notch. After an American aircraft-carrier, the USS John C Stennis from the Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet, passed through the strait, General Salehi said: Iran...
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Russia Today
| over 1 year ago
In the stand-off over the crucial oil lane in the Persian Gulf, Iran's navy drill is to culminate with the launch of long-range missiles. The US says its warships, which crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, are heading to the Arabian Sea. EU...
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Washington Post
| over 1 year ago
Britain's defense secretary warned Iran Thursday that any attempt to block the key global oil passageway the Strait of Hormuz would be illegal and unsuccessful hinting at a robust international response...Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Philip...
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The Guardian
| over 1 year ago
The USS John C Stennis, which is among the US warships patrolling the strategically vital strait of Hormuz. Photograph: Ron Reeves/AP Tehran's vow to prevent US warships transiting international waters in the strait of Hormuz, following 10 days of...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| over 1 year ago
Story continues below A final decision by the European Union will not come before the end of January and would be carried out in stages to avoid major disruptions in global oil supplies. ''Our joint naval presence in the Arabian Gulf, something our...
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AKI
| over 1 year ago
The U.K. may take military action against Iran if it carries out its threat to block the Strait of Hormuz, Defense Secretary Philip Hammond will warn in a speech in Washington today. Any attempt by Iran to block the strategically important waterway...
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United Press International
| over 1 year ago
The Obama administration welcomed Europe's agreement in principle to ban Iranian oil imports, increasing pressure on Iran to end its nuclear ambitions. The decision is "very good news," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said, after...
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Jerusalem Post
| over 1 year ago
Behind display of power in naval exercises, its armed forces are ill-equipped for war. It went off in a powerful blast from a shipboard launcher to the cheers of sailors and soared across the skies over the Gulf of Oman, leaving a white trail on its...
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Mail and Guardian
| over 1 year ago
Iran on Thursday played down the impact of new Western sanctions targeting its vital oil sector, after European diplomats said they had reached preliminary agreement on an EU ban on oil from the country. The National Iranian Oil Company said demand...
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Canada.com
| over 1 year ago
The European Union and the United States on Wednesday tightened the sanctions noose around Iran, with diplomats in Brussels saying a preliminary agreement had been reached on an EU embargo of Iranian oil. Washington hailed the agreement, saying it...
