On Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said Tehran summoned a Swiss diplomat over the discharging of a tanker carrying Iranian oil that was seized by the United States. Kanaani said Iran summoned the chargé d’affaires at the Swiss embassy to...
A tanker carrying 800,000 barrels of stolen Iranian oil began unloading its cargo off the coast of Texas on Sunday despite Iranian warnings of retaliation, The Associated Press reported. The Marshall Islands-flagged tanker Suez Rajan was seized by the US under the...
A bipartisan group of senators is urging President Biden to facilitate the transfer of stolen Iranian oil that has been stuck on a tanker off the coast of Texas. The tanker Suez Rajan was seized by the US government in April under the pretext of sanctions relief and...
Over 3,000 US Marines and Navy sailors arrived in the Middle East on Sunday as part of a previously announced deployment aimed at Iran as tensions are rising in the region. The troops are part of an Amphibious Readiness Group/Marine Expeditionary Unit (ARG/MEU) and...
The US military may place armed troops on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, a move that would significantly raise tensions between the US and Iran, The Associated Press reported Thursday. The idea would be to protect commercial vessels from being seized by...
A life-saving United Nations mapping system to coordinate rescue efforts was blocked in Syria by US sanctions following a devastating earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey on February 6, Middle East Eye reported on Wednesday. The system, known as the Insarag...
US Central Command announced on July 20 that the US was deploying a Marines Corps unit and additional warships to the Middle East amid heightened tensions with Iran. The command said in a press release that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered the deployment of...
US federal prosecutors are struggling to sell off a shipment of stolen Iranian oil being carried by a Greek tanker off the coast of Texas, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The US Justice Department seized the Greek tanker Suez Rajan in April under the pretext...
A new US intelligence report has reaffirmed that Iran is not trying to build nuclear weapons despite constant claims made by Israel and Western media outlets to the contrary. "Iran is not currently undertaking the key nuclear weapons-development activities that would...
Axios reported on Wednesday that White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan expressed concern to his Israeli counterpart about Israel leaking information to the press about the US and Iran holding indirect talks to reach an interim agreement on Tehran's...
