Persian Gulf

Over half of Japanese voters oppose joining US-led anti-Iran coalition in Persian Gulf: Poll

Aug 19, 2019 06:50

A new poll shows that over half of voters oppose dispatching Japan’s Self-Defense Forces personnel to the Persian Gulf to join a US-led coalition in a purported mission of protecting maritime shipping lanes in West Asia.
Foreigners have to leave West Asia, Zarif says in Kuwait

Aug 18, 2019 08:13

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has highlighted bilateral ties between Iran and Kuwait, saying in a meeting with the Persian Gulf country’s crown prince that “foreigners” have no place in the region and have to leave.
Foreign military presence brings insecurity to Persian Gulf: IRGC Navy chief

Aug 18, 2019 06:03

The top commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Navy warns that foreign military presence in the Persian Gulf brings insecurity and instability to the region.
Iran warns enemies: Leave Persian Gulf or face humiliating exit

Aug 15, 2019 04:32

Iran’s Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi has warned that enemy forces in the Persian Gulf should swiftly leave the region or a “humiliating exit” awaits them, saying “the era of hypocritical stunts” in the region has come to an end.
Iran's Zarif: US arms sales turning Persian Gulf into ‘tinderbox’

Aug 12, 2019 09:44

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned against an arms race in West Asia, saying the United States has turned the Persian Gulf region into a "tinderbox ready to blow up" by selling weaponry to certain regional countries.
Zarif calls military coalitions ‘failures in advance’

Aug 12, 2019 07:08

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has strictly blasted the idea of foreign military presence in the Persian Gulf, taking a swipe at efforts by the United States to form a naval coalition to patrol the strategic waters.
No need for strangers to ensure security of Hormuz Strait: Iranian commander

Aug 12, 2019 06:42

Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Rear Admiral Ali Reza Tangsiri said that Iran is responsible for protecting the security of the Strait of Hormuz and that no stranger is needed in the region.
US measures make regional problems more complicated: President Rouhani

Aug 11, 2019 14:29

President Hassan Rouhani says measures taken by some extra-regional countries, especially the United States, in the Persian Gulf region only serve to render the region’s problems more complicated and make it appear less secure in the eyes of the world.
Iranian commander lauds IRGC’s superiority over terrorists along borders

Aug 10, 2019 02:06

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Hossein Salami praised his forces’ victories over the foreign-backed militants and terrorists in border areas and said the IRGC’s Ground Force has intelligence superiority over them.
Extra-regional presence in Persian Gulf source of insecurity: Zarif

Aug 09, 2019 14:43

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has condemned the United States’ attempts to set up a military coalition in the Persian Gulf to counter what it calls the “Iran threat,” stressing that the presence of extra-regional military forces in the strategic region will act as a “source of insecurity.”