The case of a Marshall Islands-flaggedcargo ship recently impounded in the Persian Gulf by Iranian forces is purely financial, says theIranian oil company that has filed a lawsuitin the matter.
Hamid Reza Jahanian, the managing director of the Pars Talayieh oil product company, told Fars news agency on Saturday that attempts are being made to politicize ...
The Strait of Hormuz, the slender waterway that connects the Persian Gulf to the rest of the world and is a critical conduit in the global oil supply chain, has again become a point of contention for Iran and the United States just as they are trying to reach a nuclear accord.
Responding to Irans seizure at gunpoint of a cargo ship that was traversing ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Navy accompanied four American-flagged ships and a British vessel moving through the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf on Thursday, and officials said the U.S. will offer that aid to any other nation concerned about interference from Iranian vessels.
U.S. Army Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, said ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. defense officials say U.S. Navy ships will begin accompanying U.S.-flagged commercial ships when they transit the Strait of Hormuz.
The move is in response to what Washington views as provocative Iranian behavior in the Persian Gulf. Earlier this week Iranian naval vessels reportedly fired warning shots near a Marshall Islands-...
The US Congress should have a say on any nuclear agreement with Iran after the Islamic Republic seized a US cargo vessel, US House Speaker John Boehner said in a press briefing.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) On Tuesday, several Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) patrol vessels approached the US Maersk Tigris cargo ship while it was navigating ...
The Iranian Embassy in Denmark has reportedly said that a cargo ship recently impounded in the Persian Gulf by Iranian Navy forces will be released if the ships operator company settles its overdue debts to an Iranian plaintiff.
Iranian authorities reiterate that there has been absolutely no political or security intentions or considerations behind ...
(Reuters) - Denmark's Maersk said on Thursday it insists on the release of the crew of the Maersk Tigris vessel, being held by Iranian authorities, and said it now assumed its seizure was related to a 2005 court case over uncollected cargo from Dubai.
The case had been rumbling since then, and Maersk had agreed to pay $163,000 following the latest ...
An American political commentator says Irans action in the Strait of Hormuz was in accord with maritime law after a cargo ship trespassed on Iranian waters.
On Tuesday, an Iranian vessel boarded a ship carrying the flag of the Marshall Islands in the Persian Gulf after it has entered Iranian waters. This was an action perfectly in accord with international ...
US Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham have challenged a Pentagon statement which says the US has no military obligation to defend Marshall Island-flagged vessels, saying Irans seizure of the cargo is a deliberate provocation against America.
Irans seizure of the Maersk Tigris, a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship transiting the ...
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham has defended as legal Irans decision to impound a cargo ship in the Persian Gulf, saying the vessel was seized by Iranian Navy forces based on a court decision.
The move was in the framework of the laws and regulations of the Islamic Republic of Iran and [is] consistent with International regulations ...
BERLIN (AP) -- The operator of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel boarded by Iranian forces as it was traversing the Strait of Hormuz said Wednesday it has confirmed the crew is safe but that the company is still trying to determine why the ship was seized the previous day by Iran.
The MV Maresk Tigris was en route Wednesday to Bandar Abbas,...
TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of the Iranian Navy's 34th fleet Commodore Mostafa Tajeddini dismissed Pentagon and US media reports that his warships were made to change their route in the Gulf of Aden after receiving warnings from the US navy ships present in the region.
"The news report by the foreign media that we have changed our route after the US ...
WASHINGTON The United States Navy sent a destroyer toward the Persian Gulf on Tuesday afterIrantook control of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship it accused of trespassing in territorial waters, American military officials said.
The ship, the Maersk Tigris, with 24 crew members, was intercepted by IslamicRevolutionary GuardsCorps patrol boats ...
The US State Department has announced that it was premature to say whether the use of force is needed after Iran boarded a cargo ship.
A Marshall Islands-flagged container ship was seized by Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuzdue to legal issues.
Iranian forces reportedly boarded the vessel, Maersk Tigris, to a port south of Iran on Tuesday....
Iran seized a cargo ship in the Persian Gulf because the company operating the vessel owed an outstanding debt to an Iranian private company which it is refusing to pay, an official says.
A legal complaint by a domestic private company resulted in the seizure of the Marshal Islands-flagged vessel in Iranian watersby the Coast Guard, head of the ...
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