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Iran's Zarif: US arms sales turning Persian Gulf into ‘tinderbox’
Aug 12, 2019 09:44Iranian 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.
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Zarif calls military coalitions ‘failures in advance’
Aug 12, 2019 07:08Iranian 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.
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No need for strangers to ensure security of Hormuz Strait: Iranian commander
Aug 12, 2019 06:42Commander 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.
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US measures make regional problems more complicated: President Rouhani
Aug 11, 2019 14:29President 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.
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Iranian commander lauds IRGC’s superiority over terrorists along borders
Aug 10, 2019 02:06The 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.
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Extra-regional presence in Persian Gulf source of insecurity: Zarif
Aug 09, 2019 14:43Foreign 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.”
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Iran says reserves right to counter Israeli presence in US-led coalition in Persian Gulf
Aug 09, 2019 07:28Iran says it considers possible Israeli presence in a US-led coalition in the Persian Gulf as a clear threat to its national security, and reserves the right to counter it.
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Iran to resume building its longest cross-sea bridge
Aug 07, 2019 07:15Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami says Iran plans to resume the construction of its longest cross-sea bridge, linking the Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf to Bandar Abbas.
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Iran’s domestically-made passenger ship starts sailing from Qeshm
Aug 06, 2019 10:39Iran has unveiled a modern domestically-made passenger ship constructed in Qeshm Island south of the country as authorities seek to build on a shipbuilding heritage in the region and sell the vessels elsewhere.
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Britain to join US-led naval mission in Persian Gulf
Aug 06, 2019 03:02Britain says it will join a US-led naval mission purportedly aimed at protecting shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf, where Washington falsely accuses Iran of having been behind a series of attacks on oil tankers.