On Wednesday, Iranian state media reported that units of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) were forced to respond to an incident in the Gulf of Oman in which American forces attempted to seize the Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker Sothys. The government quickly confirmed the reports, noting that the events had …
Read More »Tehran’s military ‘foils’ US attempt to seize Iranian tanker in Sea of Oman
On Wednesday Iran’s Press TV said that the Islamic Republic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) had successfully chased off American forces in the Sea of Oman, accusing the US of attempting to steal Iranian oil. IRGC “thwarted” an attempt by the US to take command of a giant oil tanker and have …
Read More »Iranian civil defense chief says US & Israel behind cyberattack that disrupted thousands of gas stations this week
The head of Iran’s Civil Defense Organization, Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali, compared the recent cyber intrusion to last year’s attack on the Shahid Rajaee terminal near the southern port city of Bandar Abbas on the coast of the Strait of Hormuz, and the hack that disrupted the country’s rail service …
Read More »Karin Kneissl: Saudi-Iranian reconciliation is possible and would become a game changer for the region
The outcome is as-yet uncertain, but things could improve. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s long-time prime minister who was forced to resign a few months ago, always harbored a deep contempt for the diplomatic apparatus he led for several years as Foreign Minister in parallel with his role as head of government. …
Read More »Iranian President Raisi gets jab of homegrown Covid-19 vaccine as daily coronavirus deaths exceed 500
The president received his first shot of COVIran Barekat, one of the two locally produced coronavirus vaccines, on Sunday, local media reported, sharing pictures from the event. Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf received a dose of the vaccine alongside the president, who was sworn in earlier this week. The high-profile …
Read More »Tehran vows ‘strong’ response to any ‘adventure’ as UK summons Iranian ambassador over attack on tanker off Oman
The claims made by the British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and the US State Secretary Antony Blinken against Iran are “contradictory” and “false,” Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman, Saeed Khatibzadeh, said on Monday. He denounced the accusations made by the western officials as “incitement to violence” and said that Tehran strongly …
Read More »US waives sanctions on frozen Iranian oil funds… but there’s a catch
“Allowing these funds to be used to repay exporters in these jurisdictions will make those entities whole with respect to the goods and services they exported to Iran, address a recurring irritant in important bilateral relationships, and decrease Iran’s foreign reserves,” the waiver, which the Department of State presented to …
Read More »‘So baseless and ridiculous’: Tehran slams US accusations of Iranian state involvement in attempted kidnapping of journalist
Saeed Khatibzadeh blasted the US accusation that Tehran was complicit in the attempted kidnapping after American authorities claimed that an Iranian intelligence official was involved in the conspiracy. The spokesman said on Wednesday that “this new claim by the US government… is so baseless and ridiculous that it is not …
Read More »America is doing a pretty good job of undermining its own democracy – it doesn’t need any help from the Iranian media
In a blistering effort to support “freedom” in Iran, the US authorities recently seized the web domains of its international media networks Press TV and Al-Alam, along with those of a host of other outlets. Of the 36 seized, 33 were operated by the Iranian Islamic Radio and Television Union (IRTVU), …
Read More »US shuts down Iranian websites for confronting imperialism & colonialism; Uncle Sam wants you to only watch the news he approves
This week, the United States launched one of the most outrageous attacks on the press and foreign media in recent times. On June 23, the US government seized the websites of several broadcasters and news outlets, including Iran’s Al Alam, Iraq’s Alforat, and Yemen’s Al Masirah, just to name a …
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