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UK Sends Third Warship To Strait Of Hormuz Amid Tensions With Iran – Defence Secretary

by Sputnik NewsAugust 24, 2019

Last month, the US suggested establishing an international maritime coalition to patrol the Gulf and 'ensure freedom of navigation' in the region. As of today,...

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Iranian Oil Tanker Switches Destination To Turkey After US Issues Threats To Greece – Reports

by Sputnik NewsAugust 24, 2019

Earlier it was reported that the Iranian tanker Adrian Darya, formerly known as the Grace 1, had been detained in Gibraltar in July 2019, was...

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Tehran Proposes Helping Baghdad Build Cross-Country Oil Pipeline To Link Iran To Syria – Report

by Sputnik NewsAugust 23, 2019

According to local media, the pipeline would allow Iran to supply Syria and Lebanon with oil and gas, helping to relieve the latter’s electricity shortage....

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US Will Act To Prevent Iranian Tanker From Delivering Oil To Syria – Pompeo

by Sputnik NewsAugust 21, 2019

The United States will take every action to prevent the Iranian tanker Grace 1 from delivering oil to Syria, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo...

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US To Greece: Aid Given To Iranian Tanker May Be Viewed As Material Support To Terrorist Group

by Sputnik NewsAugust 19, 2019

A US State Department official has warned the Greek government that any effort to assist the Iranian tanker Adrian Darya during its trip to Syria...

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Gibraltar Releases Iranian Tanker Despite US Effort To Block It

by Sputnik NewsAugust 15, 2019

Earlier, UK media reported that the British territory's administrators would not be renewing the order to detain the Panamanian-flagged tanker, which was boarded by Royal...

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Iran Will be Able To Export Oil Avoiding Strait Of Hormuz Starting In 2021 – Reports

by Sputnik NewsAugust 14, 2019

Iran will begin exporting oil south along its Persian Gulf coast toward the Strait of Hormuz as soon as it completes the Goreh-Jask crude oil...

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‘Time is Running Out’: Pompeo Doubles Down On Claim Of Tehran’s ‘Destabilizing Behavior’

by Sputnik NewsAugust 13, 2019

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo tweeted on Monday a ticking clock, depicting the time "remaining before the UN arms embargo on Iran expires". According...

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FBI Starts Going After US Citizens Who Attend Iran-linked Conference – Reports

by Sputnik NewsAugust 12, 2019

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is going after American citizens who have already attended or plan to attend the New Horizon Conference (NHC)...

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France Says Needs No ‘Permission’ From Trump To Talk With Iran

by Sputnik NewsAugust 9, 2019

Earlier, the US president criticised his French counterpart for allegedly trying to speak for the United States in talks with Iran, although without specifying when...

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China’s Imports Of Iranian Crude Continue Despite Fresh US Sanctions Against Oil Importer

by Sputnik NewsAugust 8, 2019

Last month, the US Treasury slapped sanctions on Chinese oil trader Zhuhai Zhengrong Ltd and its CEO Youmin Li after a Bloomberg report accused China...

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Iran’s Defence Minister: Israeli Involvement In Gulf Coalition May Have ‘Disastrous Consequences’

by Sputnik NewsAugust 8, 2019

On Tuesday, Israeli media reported that Foreign Minister Israel Katz had agreed to take part in the US-led maritime security pact against Iran in the...

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Iran, Hamas Strike Funding Deal To ‘Increase Resistance’ To Israel

by Sputnik NewsAugust 6, 2019

During a recent visit by a Hamas delegation to Tehran, leaders of the militant group secured a big funding increase, if they agree to open...

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China, Other Countries Receive Oil From 12 Iranian Ships In The Teeth Of US Sanctions – Report

by Sputnik NewsAugust 3, 2019

Since Beijing reiterated its commitment to the JCPOA accord in late July at a gathering of the signatories, it has emerged that Iran has been...

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Japan Won’t Send Warships To US-Led Mission In Strait Of Hormuz Amid Row With Iran

by Sputnik NewsAugust 2, 2019

Last week, the US invited Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, South Korea, the UK, and several other countries to join a maritime protection mission in...

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EU And China Oppose US Decision To Impose Sanctions Against Iranian Foreign Minister

by Sputnik NewsAugust 1, 2019

The European Union regrets US decision to impose sanctions against Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and intends to keep working with him, Carlos Martin...

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‘We Outlasted Aggressors For Millennia’: Zarif Educates Trump Over ‘Iran Never Won A War’ Claims

by Sputnik NewsJuly 30, 2019

Earlier, the US president took to Twitter to suggest that Iranians “never won a war” but “never lost a negotiation.” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad...

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‘Germany Made No Promises’: Berlin Rejects US Anti-Iran Maritime Coalition Proposal

by Sputnik NewsJuly 30, 2019

Earlier, both German and British officials said they did not support the US's "maximum pressure" strategy against Tehran, instead welcoming an operation proposed by London...

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US State Secretary Pompeo Said Iran Did Not Accept His Offer To Visit Tehran

by Sputnik NewsJuly 29, 2019

US State Secretary Mike Pompeo said that Iran did not accept his offer to visit Tehran and talk directly to Iranian people. "I recently offered...

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Three EU States Support UK Plan To Create Maritime Force After Iran’s Tanker Seizure – Reports

by Sputnik NewsJuly 24, 2019

The tensions around the key strait for oil shipments spiked after the Iranian military seized a UK tanker over what it described as a breach...

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China Tells US To ‘Stop Its Random And Illegal Sanctions’ Amid Iranian Oil Trade Row

by Sputnik NewsJuly 23, 2019

Earlier, after the publication of a Bloomberg story accusing China of bypassing US sanctions on Iranian oil imports by putting imports in bonded storage, US...

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Bolton Directs ‘Venom’ At UK In Hopes Of Dragging London ‘Into Quagmire’ – Iran’s Zarif

by Sputnik NewsJuly 21, 2019

Relations between Tehran and Washington have soured significantly since the US withdrew unilaterally from the Iranian nuclear deal in 2018. US National Security Adviser John...

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Moscow Concerned About US-Iran Confrontation Near Russian Border – Putin

by Sputnik NewsJuly 19, 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Moscow is deeply concerned about the current confrontation between the United States and Iran, particularly as it is...

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Tehran Releases IRGC Video Allegedly Proving US Lied About Downing Of Iranian Drone

by Sputnik NewsJuly 19, 2019

Earlier, Tehran denied Donald Trump’s statements claiming that a US ship in the Strait of Hormuz had downed an Iranian drone that allegedly flew too...

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Trump Says US Warship Shot Down Iranian Drone In Strait Of Hormuz

by Sputnik NewsJuly 18, 2019

In June the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that they had shot down a US surveillance drone over the waters of Iran's Hormozgan province....

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Iranian Revolutionary Guards Detain Foreign Tanker In Persian Gulf – Report

by Sputnik NewsJuly 18, 2019

The situation remains tense in the Gulf since Iran vowed to seize British ships in response to an Iranian tanker carrying oil being detained in...

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‘US Is Always Welcome For Negotiations’ – Iranian FM Zarif

by Sputnik NewsJuly 16, 2019

Iran’s top diplomat provided insight into how the two nations might find a way out of the tense situation that Washington has driven them into....

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Zarif Slams Europe For Paying Lip Service to Iran Nuclear Deal While Failing To ‘Invest To Save It’

by Sputnik NewsJuly 15, 2019

Last month, the European Union announced the creation of a barter-based trade mechanism with Iran to allow the parties to avoid US sanctions, but Iran...

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UK Envoy Said Trump Left Iran Nuclear Deal To Spite Obama: Report

by Sputnik NewsJuly 14, 2019

On 12 July UK Metropolitan Police opened a probe into the leak of excerpts from confidential cables that UK Ambassador Kim Darroch had sent to...

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UK Ambassador Called Trump Policy On Iran As ‘Incoherent’, Assessed POTUS As ‘Inept’ And ‘Incompetent’

by Sputnik NewsJuly 7, 2019

In cables to the UK Foreign Office, the British ambassador to Washington provided a particularly “candid,” “unvarnished” and “honest” assessment of the Trump administration. The...

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