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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.
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Germany once again rejects possibility of joining US-led mission in Strait of Hormuz
Aug 05, 2019 14:08Germany has once again rejected a US proposal to join an American naval mission tasked with protecting vessels that pass through the Strait of Hormuz from an alleged Iranian threat.
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US defense chief claims support for anti-Iran Persian Gulf force despite rejections
Aug 04, 2019 02:13The new US defense chief has claimed that a Washington-led scheme to police the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz against purported Iranian threat will soon gain commitments of several allied countries despite recent reports that even key US allies have snubbed the anti-Iran effort.