TEHRAN, Jul 5 - British piracy in ‘Spanish waters’ provokes international condemnation
Iran has reacted strongly to the British seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off the coast of Gibraltar, an undisputed part of Spain, which the British claim sovereignty over.
The Iranian foreign ministry condemned the boarding and seizure of the tanker, Grace 1, in the Gibraltar Strait by British Royal Marines commandos, as a “form of piracy”.
TEHRAN, Jul 5 - A senior Iranian official has called for the seizure of a British oil tanker in case London refuses to release the Iranian vessel it has illegally detained in Gibraltar.
TEHRAN, Jul 5 - The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has held an official ceremony to honor members of its Aerospace Forces for shooting down and later retrieving a US spy drone that had encroached on Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf last month.
TEHRAN, Jul 5 - Iranian Ambassador to Turkey Mohammad Farazmand held separate meetings with a number of officials at the country’s political parties, discussing ways to boost bilateral relations between the two neighboring countries.
TEHRAN, Jul 5 - Iran’s Minister of Industry, Mine and Commerce Reza Rahmani has travelled to Pakistan to follow up on an idea floated during a recent meeting between leaders of the two neighboring countries to set up a barter exchange mechanism for trading goods.
TEHRAN, Jul 5 -Iran’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Britain’s ambassador to the country after British forces seized an Iranian oil tanker in the Strait of Gibraltar.
TEHRAN, Jul 4 -The Russian envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Iran accepted to limit the amount of its low-enriched uranium only as a voluntary step, adding that the UN nuclear agency does not enforce any limitations on the volume of the product that the Islamic Republic can keep.
TEHRAN, Jul 4 - The spokesman for Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) dismissed the latest anti-Iran threat from US President Donald Trump, saying the Iranian nation uses “active resistance” as an antidote to the American bites.
TEHRAN, Jul 4 - Iran’s top aviation official says that major international airlines have been returning to skies south of the country after a brief hiatus caused by an Iran-US military escalation in the region.
TEHRAN, Jul 4 - Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami said Iran has managed to thwart the enemy’s “hybrid and complicated” plots.
TEHRAN, Jul 4 - The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson made it clear for France that Tehran will remain committed to the 2015 nuclear deal as long as and to the same extent that Paris would honor it.
TEHRAN, Jul 4 - Defense Minister of Iran Brigadier General Amir Hatami called for the expansion of military and defense ties between Tehran and Baghdad, describing support for Iraq as a principled policy of the Islamic Republic.
TEHRAN, Jul 4 - Defense Minister of Iran Brigadier General Amir Hatami called for the expansion of military and defense ties between Tehran and Baghdad, describing support for Iraq as a principled policy of the Islamic Republic.
TEHRAN, Jul 4 - Iran is expected to attract around one million Chinese tourists within five years after the country approved to waive visa requirement for Chinese visitors, says an official.
TEHRAN, Jul 4 -Iran's top security official says European countries need to stand against the US' unilateralism in a bid to defend their own "identity and security."
TEHRAN, Jul 4 -India says its relations with Iran are not influenced by any third party, as the US tightens the screws on the customers of the Iranian crude oil.
TEHRAN, Jul 3 - An account in rupee in India is being increasingly used to pay for Iran’s massive import of premium tea from the country, an Indian newspaper says.