Tag: Iran
US imposes sanctions on people in Iran, Syria and Uganda, citing...
The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on more than a dozen people and entities in Iran, Syria and Uganda, accusing them of being...
Saudi bourse on course to extend losses after drone attacks
Most major stock markets in the Gulf fell in early trade on Monday, with the Saudi index leading the losses a day after its...
Iran’s Mahan Air says its has foiled a cyber attack –...
A cyber attack against Iranian private airline Mahan Air has been foiled, Iranian state media reported on Sunday, adding that the airliner's flight schedule...
Iranian-supplied arms smuggled from Yemen into Somalia, study says
Guns supplied by Iran to its Houthi allies in Yemen are being smuggled across the Gulf of Aden to Somalia, according to a Geneva-based...
Iran thwarts pirate attack on oil tanker in Gulf of Aden...
The Iranian navy thwarted a pirate attack against an Iranian oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden on Monday, Iranian state TV said.
"Before crossing...
Iran says cyberattack causes widespread disruption at gas stations
A cyberattack disrupted the sale of heavily subsidised gasoline in Iran on Tuesday, state media reported, causing long queues at gas stations across the...
Iran’s navy thwarts pirate attack on Iranian tanker – report
Iranian naval forces intervened on Saturday to repel pirates who attacked an Iranian oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden, Iran's state media reported.
Pirates...
Syrian army resumes shelling of rebel enclave after collapse of deal
Syrian army units backed by Iranian-backed militias resumed the shelling of a rebel enclave in southern Syria on Sunday after the collapse of Russia-brokered...
Iraq seeks to ease Saudi-Iran hostility at Baghdad summit
Iraq has invited Iran and Tehran's Gulf Arab foes to a summit in Baghdad with the objective of calming tensions which have brought them...
Syrian army and pro-Iranian militias attack rebel enclave in southern city
Syrian army units aided by pro-Iranian militias have staged a major assault on an opposition enclave in the southern border city of Deraa in...
Iran warns of response if security threatened after ship attack –...
Iran will respond promptly to any threat against its security, the foreign ministry said on Monday, after the United States, Israel and Britain blamed...
US, Britain believe Iran attacked Israeli-managed tanker off Oman
The United States and Britain said on Sunday they believed Iran carried out an attack on an Israeli-managed petroleum product tanker off the coast...
Youth killed in Iran water crisis protests
A young man was shot dead during a second night of protests over water shortages in southwest Iran, a local official said on Saturday,...
Iran transport ministry hit by second apparent cyberattack in days
The website of Iran's transport ministry was taken down on Saturday by what state television said was a "cyber disruption", a day after an...
US tells UN that weekend airstrikes aimed to deter Iran
The United States told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that it targeted Iran-backed militia in Syria and Iraq with airstrikes to deter the...
Undeclared conflict? America’s battles with Iran-backed militia escalate, again
US President Joe Biden’s latest strikes against Iran-backed militia in Syria and Iraq were not the first nor likely the last of his young...
Iran has drones with range of 7 000 km, Guards commander...
Iran has drones with a range of 7 000 km (4 375 miles), Iranian state media cited the top commander of the Revolutionary Guards...
Iran’s biggest navy ship sinks after fire in Gulf of Oman
Iran’s largest navy ship the Kharg sank on Wednesday after catching fire in the Gulf of Oman, but the crew were safely rescued, Iranian...
Coalition says it intercepted Houthi missile and drone attack on Saudi...
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group on Thursday said its forces had launched 12 ballistic missiles and drones towards a site belonging to the Saudi state...
Fire extinguished on oil tanker off Syria after suspected drone attack
Syria's oil ministry said firefighters on Saturday put out a fire on an oil tanker off the Baniyas refinery after a suspected attack by...