Qatar Denies Holding Iranian Pilots
#Qatar, #IranianPilots, #Aviation, #Detention, #MiddleEast
Aug 15 (Reuters) - Qatar denied on Saturday that it was holding Iranian pilots, saying they had violated Qatari airspace in March and had failed to respond to attempts to contact them.
A Qatari...
Trump Urges Americans to Accept Higher Gas Prices as He Escalates Iran Rhetoric
#Trump, #GasPrices, #Iran, #Americans, #EnergyCosts, #USPolicy
By Humeyra Pamuk
GARDEN CITY, New York, Aug 14 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday urged Americans to accept slightly higher gasoline prices as the cost of preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear...
Two Slicks Appear in the Persian Gulf as Huge Oil Spill off Oman Threatens...
#OilSpill, #PersianGulf, #Oman, #EnvironmentalDisaster, #MarinePollution, #OilSlicks
By Nilo Tabrizy, Catherine Cartier and Jonathan Saul
Aug 14 (Reuters) - Two slicks have appeared in Iranian waters, satellite imagery and video verified by Reuters show, as tit-for-tat attacks on oil tankers...
Iran Executions: Interview with Key Human Rights Activist Amiri-Moghaddam
By Sara Poursabri
The Islamic Republic is currently facing the most serious crisis it has ever encountered in its history, and is taking advantage of the U.S.-Israeli war to step up the repression and executions...
U.S. Warns Iran It Will Step Up Economic Pressure; Two More Ships Attacked in...
#US, #Iran, #EconomicPressure, #StraitOfHormuz, #ShipAttacks
By Jonathan Saul, Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali
LONDON/PANAMA CITY, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Transit through the Strait of Hormuz appeared to grind to a near standstill on Friday after two more ships...
Iran, U.S. Make Competing Claims Over Control of Strait of Hormuz
#Iran, #US, #StraitOfHormuz, #MaritimeSecurity, #RegionalTensions
DUBAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The Strait of Hormuz is "under Iran's control and management", the recently appointed head of Iran's Basij paramilitary unit said on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump...
UAE Says Iran Attacked Two ADNOC Vessels in Strait of Hormuz; No Injuries
#UAE, #Iran, #ADNOC, #StraitOfHormuz, #MaritimeSecurity
Aug 13 (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi National Oil Company said two of its vessels were attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday evening, with no injuries reported, as the United Arab Emirates...
U.S. Can Keep Naval Blockade on Iranian Ports “Indefinitely,” Pentagon Chief Says
By Phil Stewart
#US, #IranianPorts, #NavalBlockade, #Pentagon, #MaritimeSecurity
PANAMA CITY, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. military has enough assets to maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday, adding ships could be rotated in...
Iranian Photojournalist Faces 15 Years in Prison Over Images, Reporting
#IranianPhotojournalist, #PressFreedom, #Journalism, #PrisonSentence, #HumanRights
By Nilo Tabrizy
LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Acclaimed Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery has spent much of her career documenting moments of dissent and the lives of women in Iran. The work has repeatedly brought her into...
U.S. Says It Fired Missiles to Disable Ship Violating Iran Blockade
#US, #Iran, #Missiles, #MaritimeBlockade, #Shipping
WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. military on Tuesday said it had used missiles to disable the steering gear of a Panama-flagged cargo ship which ignored repeated warnings to stop violating...
