Monday, August 31, 2026

Six Consequences After Six Months of War in Iran

#Iran #WarInIran #IslamicRepublic #MiddleEast #Geopolitics #RegionalSecurity #USIranRelations By Simon Lewis, Trevor Hunnicutt, Idrees Ali and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Six months after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, the war that President Donald...

Islamic Republic in Iran Lashes Out at US Sanctions Amid Economic Toll at Home

#IslamicRepublic #Iran #US #Sanctions #IranEconomy #EconomicCrisis #MiddleEast #Geopolitics By Eman Abouhassira, Yasmine Ghania and Ahmed Tolba DUBAI/CAIRO, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Iran condemned the United States' new economic sanctions on Friday as "state terrorism" while its supreme leader said...

Pipelines and Ports: Iran War Spurs the Persian Gulf Infrastructure Investment

#Iran, # Gulf, #InfrastructureInvestment, #Pipelines, #Ports, #IranWar, #EnergySecurity By Federico Maccioni, Sarah El Safty and Siddarth  DUBAI, Aug 28 (Reuters) - The Iran war's redrawing of the global trade map is forcing   Gulf nations to retool their investment play...

Hijacked Iran-Linked Oil Tanker Not Registered in Eritrea, Government Says

#Iran, #OilTanker, #Eritrea, #Hijacking, #Shipping, #MaritimeSecurity NAIROBI, Aug 28 (Reuters) - A U.S.-sanctioned oil tanker that was hijacked last week by suspected pirates off the coast of Yemen and diverted toward Somalia is not registered in Eritrea despite flying...

Iran and Oman Reach Accord on Strait of Hormuz, Revolutionary Guards Say

#Iran, #Oman, #StraitOfHormuz, #RevolutionaryGuards, #HormuzAccord, #PersianGulf By Yomna Ehab and Jana Choukeir CAIRO/DUBAI, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Iran and Oman have reached agreement on their share of the Strait of Hormuz and its revenues, but the vital waterway will...

US Prepares to Send Diplomats Back to Middle East Embassies After Iran War Evacuations,...

#US, #Diplomats, #MiddleEast, #IranWar, #Embassies, #Evacuations, #NYT Aug 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department is preparing to return diplomats to embassies in the Middle East that were evacuated before and during the war with Iran, the New...

Two US Tanker Aircraft Leave Bulgaria a Month After Deployment Upset Iran

#US, #TankerAircraft, #Bulgaria, #Iran, #MilitaryDeployment, #Geopolitics Aug 22 (Reuters) - Two U.S. tanker aircraft have left Bulgaria’s Bezmer air base, Bulgaria's defence minister said on Saturday, nearly a month after their deployment in the Balkan country angered Iran. The...

Trump Warns of Economic Consequences for Any Country That Supports Iran

#Trump, #EconomicConsequences, #Iran, #Sanctions, #InternationalSupport, #USPolicy By Kanishka Singh and Jana Choukeir WASHINGTON/DUBAI, Aug 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump warned of economic consequences against any country that provided "any type of lifeline to Iran" as the United...

UAE’s Financial Embargo on Iran After Missile Threat Puts Rivalry Back in Spotlight

#UAE, #Iran, #FinancialEmbargo, #MissileThreat, #RegionalRivalry, #PersianGulf DUBAI, Aug 19 - The United Arab Emirates' decision to suspend all financial and economic transactions with Iran until further notice, citing a military escalation by Tehran with a...

UAE Says Two Missiles Detected Earlier Were Launched From Iran

#UAE, #Iran, #Missiles, #RegionalSecurity, #MiddleEast CAIRO, Aug 18 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates' defense ministry said on Tuesday that it had detected two ballistic missiles launched from Iran, the first such incident reported since a May 4 strike on...