USS Nimitz aircraft carrier enters Persian Gulf after Pompeo’s threats against Iran
Press TV – For the first time in ten months, a US aircraft carrier has sailed through the Strait of Hormuz and…
Tag Archives: Persian Gulf
Photos: ‘Great Prophet-14’ military drill in south of Iran
Tasnim – Amid heightened tensions with the US, Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) on Tuesday kicked off large-scale military drills in the…
Iranian fishermen not harmed in Saudi coast guards’ shooting
MNA – Iranian fishermen were not harmed after Saudi coastguard officers opened fire on Iranian fishing boat in the Persian Gulf, according…
IRGC navy commander calls for withdrawal of foreign forces from Persian Gulf
FNA – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri underlined that the Persian Gulf belongs to…
Iran and security complex in the Persian Gulf
Iran Review | Fatemeh Shayan: 1. Introduction – The end of the Cold War has changed the face of international security, and…
DM: IRGC speed boats tighten security belt in Persian Gulf
FNA – Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami underlined that equipment of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy with more…
In veiled warning to Iran, US tells Persian Gulf mariners to stay clear of its warships
Reuters – In an alert that appeared aimed squarely at Iran, the U.S. Navy issued a warning on Tuesday to mariners in…
Iran seizes 4 trawlers, 8 foreign nationals in Persian Gulf
IRNA – Coastguards of Hormuzgan province have seized four trawlers and arrested eight foreign nationals on board at Bandar Abbas territorial waters,…
How to maintain peace in Persian Gulf region
Iranian Diplomacy | Javad Heirannia: The presence of foreign forces in the Persian Gulf has caused regional security efforts to secure the…
‘It’s the Persian Gulf, not Gulf of NY’: Rouhani schools US as Iranian military tells America to prepare for ‘HARDER SLAP’
RT – American forces will get a heavy response if they cause trouble in a gulf that is historically linked to Persia,…
Photos: Iran marks Persian Gulf National Day
MNA | Mahmoud Khakbaz: Iran is marking the Persian Gulf National Day, which coincides with the anniversary of the expulsion of colonial and…
Iran marks Persian Gulf National Day
Tasnim – Iranians on Wednesday marked the National Persian Gulf Day, which is the anniversary of the victory over Portuguese troops during…
Using full name of “Persian Gulf” in UN documents mandatory: Envoy
IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador in UK Hamid Baeidinejad released a document from the UN Secretariat on National Day of Persian Gulf (April…
Ayatollah Khamenei stresses Iran’s key role in keeping Persian Gulf security
Tasnim – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei highlighted the key role that Iran plays in maintaining security in…
Khanzadi describes Persian Gulf as center of Resistance’ naval power
MNA – Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi pointed to the geopolitical importance of the Persian Gulf in the region. In…
Iran says Persian Gulf always ‘Persian’ Gulf, Not ‘Washington’ Gulf
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in his Wednesday remarks in cabinet meeting, addressed the US saying that “this gulf’s name is…
Guards chief: US warships will be destroyed if threaten Iran’s interests in Persian Gulf
Reuters – Iran will destroy U.S. warships if Tehran’s security is threatened in the Gulf, head of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Hossein…
IRGC Navy warns off US warships in Persian Gulf
Press TV – A recent video released by Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps shows the IRGC Navy warning off a flotilla of…
IRGC urges US to respect maritime law in Persian Gulf
Tasnim – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy dismissed a “Hollywood-style” American account of a recent encounter between the IRGC forces and…
US Navy claims 11 Iranian ships came close to its military vessels in PG
Press TV – The United States Navy is claiming that 11 Iranian ships repeatedly came close to its military vessels in “dangerous…
US commander vows to keep two aircraft carriers in Persian Gulf to deter Iran
Press TV – The US military plans to keep two aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf region, the commander of US Central…
Iran arrests foreign fuel traffickers in Persian Gulf
IRNA – Commander of Coast -Guards of Hormuzgan Province, Colonel Hossein Dehaki, said on Tuesday that the border guards have seized one…
Aviation body allows resumption of US flights south of Iran
Press TV – US authorities have allowed airlines in the country to resume flying through the airspace south of Iran now that…
Maritime guards seize 112,000 liters of smuggled fuel in Persian Gulf
MNA – Maritime guards have seized 112,000 liters of smuggled fuel in the province, according to the deputy of the navy commander…
Iran to respond in kind to any US provocation in Persian Gulf: Judiciary chief
Press TV – The Iranian judiciary chief has said that the country’s armed forces will respond in kind to any US provocation in the…
Oil tanker catches fire in Persian Gulf
AP – A crude oil tanker in the Persian Gulf caught fire Wednesday night, prompting a warning from British naval officials to…
Iran slams South Korea for misnaming, militarizing Persian Gulf
Press TV – Tehran has censured South Korea for misnaming the Persian Gulf and sending a military mission to the waters south…
Iran’s geography lesson to Macron: Gulf located south of Iran is Persian Gulf
Press TV – Tehran has blasted French President Emmanuel Macron for using a fictitious name for the Persian Gulf, saying the mistake…
India can help reduce tension in PG: FM Zarif
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that India can help reduce tension in the Persian Gulf. He made the…
We’ll force US Navy out of Persian Gulf soon: Iran’s chief admiral
Press TV – US forces and allies will soon be forced out of the Persian Gulf waters, where they have been seeking…
Iran’s naval drill ‘show of strength’ to US: Analysts
Anadolu Agency | Syed Zafar Mehdi: Naval drill between Iran, Russia, China is the first since 1979 revolution TEHRAN Iran is preparing…
IRGC navy urges Iranian fishermen not to respond to foreign vessels
Tasnim – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy called on Iranian fishermen not to respond to foreign warships passing through the…
Realpolitik failed miserably, try ‘realistic’ cooperation in Persian Gulf: Iran FM to neighbors
Press TV – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has urged regional countries to develop “realistic” neighborly cooperation, instead of relying on…
Iran’s Navy deterrent power harbors Persian Gulf stability: Senior commander
IRNA – Chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major-General Mohammad Bagheri said on Thursday that the deterrent power of the…
Area of air defense drill a simulation of Persian Gulf: official
MNA – Commander of Army Air Defense Force Brigadier General Alireza Sabahifard said that the ongoing air defense drill in Semnan province…
Last South Pars phase 22-24 platform installed
SHANA – Platform 24B of phases 22 to 24 of the massive South Pars gas field was successfully installed in the Persian…
Is it time for a historic paradigm shift in the Persian Gulf?
Al-monitor | Seyed Hossein Mousavian: After the recent attempt by the United Arab Emirates to reduce tensions with Tehran, Iranian President Hassan…
UK lowers security level for its ships in Strait of Hormuz
Press TV – Britain lowers its so-called security risk level for UK-flagged ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian…
Don’t tell Trump: In 2002, Iran beat the US military in a simulated war
The National Interest | David Axe: The problem is that Washington hasn’t learned from its past mistakes and Iran could still sink…
Iran oil tanker heading to Persian Gulf: NITC
SHANA — National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) announced that SABITI Oil Tanker which was probably hit by missiles in the Red Sea…