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Navy chief: Iran-Russia-China drill a message to US
Dec 29, 2019 09:12Iran’s navy commander has said on the sidelines of a landmark joint drill in the Gulf of Oman that the US must leave the region.
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Iran-China-Russia naval drills a broader commitment to secure vital waterways: Zarif
Dec 27, 2019 14:16Iran says its joint naval drills with China and Russia in the Indian Ocean and the Sea of Oman reaffirm its resolve to secure vital waterways.
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Iran welcomes Japan plan not to join US-led naval coalition in Persian Gulf: Rouhani
Dec 22, 2019 03:11President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic welcomes Japan's decision not to join a US-led naval mission purportedly aimed at protecting shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf.
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Iran proposes joint investment with Qatar
Dec 19, 2019 10:05President of Iran Hassan Rouhani called for joint investment plans with Qatar.
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Realpolitik failed miserably, try 'realistic' cooperation in Persian Gulf: FM to neighbors
Dec 17, 2019 16:27Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has urged regional countries to develop “realistic” neighborly cooperation, instead of relying on “realpolitik” strategies, to guarantee security in the Persian Gulf region.
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Talk of 'real progress' in Doha-Riyadh rapprochement early: Qatari FM
Dec 17, 2019 03:16Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani says it was still early to talk about “real progress” with Saudi Arabia over the ongoing blockade imposed against Qatar, but the channels of communication between Doha and Riyadh are open.
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IRGC Navy commander says foreign vessels' move monitored in Persian Gulf
Dec 16, 2019 04:06Iran’s naval forces are closely watching the movement of any foreign vessel in the Persian Gulf waters, a commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has said, warning against the presence of extra-regional countries in that territory.
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US military presence in Persian Gulf led to disaster, rise in extremism: FM
Dec 15, 2019 13:44Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the military presence of the United States in the Persian Gulf has brought about disaster for regional countries and helped foment extremism.
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Iran, Qatar navy commanders meet in Doha
Dec 12, 2019 10:07Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi in a meeting with his Qatari counterpart invited the Arab country’s navy to attend an upcoming maritime exercise of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) as observer.
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Iran hits back at Persian Gulf states over ‘destructive’ PGCC statement
Dec 11, 2019 09:26The Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) released the statement in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Tuesday at the end of its 40th summit, urging a united front against the Islamic Republic, calling for global action targeting the country’s nuclear energy program, and disputing the Iranian sovereignty over a threesome group of islands in the strategic body of water.