Iran’s Bank Mellat sues UK for $1.6 billion in damages
Press TV – UK High Court this month will take up a case brought by Iran’s Bank Mellat against the British government…
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Gibraltar undercuts London’s claim that Iran broke assurances
Tasnim – Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said it is difficult to say whether Iran breached international rules by selling the Grace…
Britain dispatches another warship to Persian Gulf: Minister
Press TV – Britain’s defense minister says the country has dispatched a third warship to the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman…
Oil tanker release shows Iran’s int’l power: Top general
Tasnim – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said the recent release of the country’s…
UK understands today Iran’s power different from past: Larijani
MNA – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said that the United Kingdom, which once helped in organizing 1953 coup in Iran, has…
Zarif stresses UK unlawful seizure of oil tanker
IRNA – Iranian foreign minister in a message referred to Iran’s embassy note to UKFCO, saying seizure of tanker carrying Iran oil…
Gibraltar says it seeks to de-escalate tensions over Iranian tanker
MNA – Gibraltar said on Tuesday it was seeking to de-escalate issues arising over the Iranian-owned oil tanker that was unlawfully seized…
Iran: UK expected to release seized oil tanker in near future
Press TV – Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization says Britain is expected to soon free an Iranian-owned oil tanker that it unlawfully…
US, UK responsible for consequences of Israeli presence in Persian Gulf: IRGC
Press TV – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned that any Israeli presence in the Persian Gulf may result in…
UK complicit in US economic terrorism against Iran: Zarif
PressTV – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemns the UK for abetting the United States’ “economic terrorism” against Iran. “The UK…
MP says briefed UK envoy on legal aspects of tanker seizure
IRNA – A senior Iranian lawmaker said that at the recent meeting with the UK envoy to Iran, he explained the legal…
Iran tension: German lefty claims ‘illegal’ UK seizure of Tehran tanker caused crisis
Express – Iran and the United Kingdom have been engaged in an ongoing skirmish after the British Navy seized an Iranian tanker off…
Signs of tension reduction appearing in Persian Gulf
MNA – After years of tensions between Iran and some Persian Gulf states particularly in recent months in the Strait of Hormuz,…
Iran, UK tanker issues need to be tackled separately: envoy
MNA – Iranian ambassador to London, Hamid Baeidinejad, told Sky News that the two detained Iranian and British tankers are “two separate…
Iran, UK tanker issues need to be tackled separately: envoy
MNA – Iranian ambassador to London, Hamid Baeidinejad, told Sky News that the two detained Iranian and British tankers are “two separate…
Captain of Iranian-operated ship seized by UK says British marines used ‘excessive force’
Press TV – The captain of an Iranian-operated supertanker that has been seized by the UK says British marines used excessive force…
Envoy: Iran against exchanging detained ships with UK
IRNA – Iranian Ambassador to London in a message expressed Tehran’s opposition to exchanging the seized oil tankers with the United Kingdom.…
Seizure of UK oil tanker by Iran legal
MNA – Following the capture of British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz by Iran, many of the countries, including the…
UK takes the bait on Iran and has to face the music: Analysis
Press TV – US President Donald Trump pulled out of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known commonly as the…
Deescalation UK’s top priority: UK envoy
IRNA – United Kingdom ambassador to Iran said Monday that London’s top priority in the region is to mitigate the tensions. In…
Second British warship enters Persian Gulf amid increased tensions with Iran
Almasdar News – The HMS Duncan, a Type 45 air-defence destroyer, has arrived in the Persian Gulf to escort British vessels, a…
‘No quid pro quo’: Britain refuses to agree to tanker swap with Iran
Sputnik – The relations between the UK and Iran have been under strain after the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps detained a UK-flagged…
Iran not to allow US, UK to take control of Hormuz Strait
MNA – The Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council (EC) Mohsen Rezaei said Sun. that the Americans and the British are escalating the…
UK, Iran treading troubled waters after seizing tankers
Al-Monitor | Makram Najmuddine: Two tankers stranded in two straits almost 4,000 miles apart are threatening to sink the already-adrift relationship between…
UK seizure of Iranian oil tanker violation of JCPOA: Araghchi
MNA – “Detaining of Iranian oil tanker, Grace 1, by UK in Gibraltar was a violation of JCPOA since none of the…
Seizure of Iran’s oil tanker detrimental to UK: President Rouhani
Tasnim – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned the UK government that it will definitely pay the price for the illegal seizure of…
Envoy: De-escalating Iran-UK tensions requires major efforts
IRNA – Iranian Ambassador to London in a message criticized the UK foreign secretary’s stance against Tehran, saying de-escalating tensions needs major…