Tag: Strait of Hormuz

The Iranian Navy attempted to blind two US Navy vessels as they transited the Strait of Hormuz.

“This new crude export terminal shows the failure of Washington's sanctions on Iran,” said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

Rouhani contends, “it can’t be that the Strait of Hormuz is free for you and the Strait of Gibraltar is not free for us.”

Measures being contemplated by the UK include pushing for the renewal of EU and UN sanctions as well as the freezing of Iranian assets in London.

The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit is also being dispatched.

'Mr. Trump, do not play with the lion’s tail, it would only lead to regret'

Haifa served as a base for the U.S. Sixth Fleet during the 1980s and 90s, but the Pentagon ended that in 2000 when the second intifada erupted.

Iranian National Guards ships fired on Singapore-flagged ship sailing in international waters

The 24-man crew is in good condition but confined to the ship

State Dept: "It’s a key concern of the United States to ensure that sea lanes in the region remain open and safe."

Iran may purposefully contaminate the waters of the Strait of Hormuz by performing an oil spill, according to a report in the German weekly Der Spiegel on Sunday.

AP reports that the Iranian army is prepared for a military confrontation with the United Arab Emirates should diplomacy over a disputed gulf island...

The New York Times quoted a former senior Israeli official as saying that the Iranian retaliation against an Israeli military strike would be the functional equivalent of Iraq's scud missile attack on Israel during the 1991 Gulf War, the 3000+ Hizbollah rockets fired on Israel during the 2006 Second Lebanon War, and the terror attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets in Buenos Aires in the early 1990s, multiplied in scale at least three times.

USS Abraham Lincoln passed through the Strait without incident Sunday.

Brinksmanship between Iran and the West continues.

Iranian lawmaker says threats were accompanied by offer for dialogue.

The much-publicized joint defense drill planned between Israel and the United States has been postponed in the wake of quickly escalating tensions between the two countries and Iran.

US government conveyed that closing the Strait would constitute a "red line."

Defense Secretary, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff counter Iranian threats to close the Strait of Hormuz.

Following imposition of new sanctions regime, Islamic Republic threatens American navy.