[caption id="attachment_28199" align="alignright" width="300"] A US Naval vessel and helicopter in the Persian Gulf[/caption] Iran was once on a path of liberalization and reform before the US Military began sowing destruction throughout the Middle East and Central Asia following the attacks on the United States in 2001. Although now largely forgotten,...

[caption id="attachment_27716" align="alignright" width="300"] A file photo showing the Iranian Navys Jamaran destroyer and Bushehr helicopter-carrier in Sudan.[/caption] Iran has dispatched one of its newest warships to shadow the world's biggest mine-hunting exercise that has been takingplace over the last few days in the Gulf. The frigate ...

[caption id="attachment_28199" align="alignright" width="300"] A US Naval vessel and helicopter in the Persian Gulf[/caption] AFP -Divers leap from a helicopter into the Gulf's choppy waters to destroy a mine, while a US marine fires at a floating target, as forces from 41 countries gathered for naval manoeuvres facing Iran's shores. The mine-sweeping ...

[caption id="attachment_28199" align="alignright" width="300"] A US Naval vessel and helicopter in the Persian Gulf[/caption] A political analyst says the US-led naval exercises involving 41 countries in the Persian Gulf are a provocative move,Press TVreports. I think that the maneuvers themselves, when you get this amount of firepower directed at ...

[caption id="attachment_28199" align="alignright" width="300"] A US Naval vessel and helicopter in the Persian Gulf[/caption] Iran news headlines on Mondayinclude US commander denial of Persian Gulf drill directing at Iran; Iranian MPscriticizing Ahmadinejad overcandidate endorsement; 4.4magnitude quake strike in Irans Shiraz; Iran plan of construction ...

[caption id="attachment_28199" align="alignright" width="300"] A US Naval vessel and helicopter in the Persian Gulf[/caption] A top US commander says a naval exercise involving 41 countries in the Persian Gulf is not directed at Iran and described the maneuvers as "purely defensive." Vice Admiral John Miller, commander of the US Fifth Fleet, made ...

[caption id="attachment_27934" align="alignright" width="300"] A US helicopter towing a minesweeper in the Persian Gulf[/caption] An Iranian lawmaker says the United States has lost its position of dominion in the region, stressing that Washington seeks to revive its status by having staged the ongoing minesweeping drill in the Persian Gulf. The ...

Massive US-led military drills began in the Persian Gulf in a second such show of maritime might in under a year. The US says the exercises are not aimed at Iran, who earlier vowed to close the Hormuz Strait, and now expresses concern over the drills. The US Navy has issued a statement that the mass exercises are aimed atenhancing capability to preserve ...

Iran news headlines on Tuesdayinclude start of Iranian presidential candidates registration; Iran calling US-led international naval drill as 'provocation'; Iranian FM urging Arabs to respond Israel air strike on Syria and Iran releasingmost modern mine-sweepers during a drill.   Iran starts registering candidates for next months presidential ...

[caption id="attachment_27280" align="alignright" width="300"] A US Navy Ocean Tug ship of the Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet takes part in an exercise near Manama on November 6, 2007.[/caption] TEHRAN Iran on Tuesday warned against any "provocations" in the Gulf as a US-led international naval force began a massive minesweeping exercise. "Any movement ...

(Reuters) - The United States and its allies are preparing for naval exercises in the Persian Gulf energy export hub that will include minesweeping and escorting commercial ships in a region whereIranis seen as a threat both to trade and security. Forty-one countries are taking part in the two-week International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX-...