The Iranian armed forces held a military parade in Tehran on Sunday, showing off their ground forces and their various weapon systems. During the ceremony, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged the US and Western forces to leave the Persian Gulf, stating that their “presence has always been a calamity for […]
Tensions between the US and Iran have taken the adversaries to the brink of war in the last two months, and the risk of conflict is ever-present. It’s not just American and Iranian forces that could trigger a conflict. For instance, there’s a danger that Iranian-supported militias could ignite one […]
Iran on Friday said it seized a British-owned oil tanker and its crew amid reports it diverted a second British tanker toward Iran in a clear message to the UK and the US that it’s willing to get aggressive in a feud over oil sanctions. The UK and US both […]
The Wall Street Journal reporter Rory Jones recounted the tense hours just before the US took down an Iranian drone in the Persian Gulf, where tensions between the US and Iran have played out in recent months. According to Jones, who was on the USS Boxer, an Iranian helicopter flew […]
The US is in the middle of a showdown with Iran, stoked by incidents in the Persian Gulf and a protracted dispute over the 2015 nuclear deal. But behind the present round of tensions is the US’s long-running desire to the control the movement of a resource that Iran is […]
Three Iranian gunboats failed in an attempt to seize a British oil tanker in Persian Gulf on Wednesday, a UK government spokesperson said to INSIDER. A UK Royal Navy frigate was escorting the oil tanker and pointed its weapons on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps vessels, CNN reported. “We are […]
Recent unexplained bombings in the Persian Gulf have threatened 20% of the world’s oil supply and brought the US and Iran to the brink of a war that could define the Middle East. But Iran has mastered the perfect type of warfare to hurt the US and its allies while […]
The US sent tons of firepower to the Middle East to confront a mysterious threat from Iran, but now that those military assets are in the region, it’s holding back. The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has yet to enter the Persian Gulf, where US carriers have sailed for decades, […]
Two US guided-missile destroyers sailed through the Strait of Hormuz and into the Persian Gulf on Thursday, according to USNI News. The US warships entered the waterway without harassment, but on Friday, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ deputy for parliamentary affairs warned that Iran’s missiles could hit US ships in […]
The US received credible intelligence that Iran was plotting an attack against US interests, including US military forces and civilians, in the Persian Gulf. The Pentagon then approved a US Central Command request for additional firepower, according to The New York Times. The White House announced on Sunday the redirection […]
The US Navy had a close encounter with Iranian boats in the Persian Gulf last week. Two Iranian speedboats zoomed by a US warship while the head of US Central Command was onboard. Iran and the US have a long history of such run-ins, though this was deemed safe and […]
The US Navy says it hasn’t had an unsafe interaction at sea with Iran in more than a year. During that period, however, Iranian drones have become more active over the Persian Gulf, worrying the Navy. Iran’s drones are just one asset the country could use to challenge freedom of […]
Iran on Friday carried out a military drill aimed at showing the US how it could shut down oil shipping in the Persian Gulf after fresh US sanctions it in November, but the display was underwhelming at best. The US will slap Iran with sanctions on its oil exports on […]
Tensions between the US and Iran have long centered on the Strait of Hormuz, through which much of the world’s oil flows. Iran could shut the strait with naval assets, sea mines in particular, but the US and its partners have countermeasure systems they could bring to bear. Those systems, […]
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