Taking of vessel relates to dispute over sanctioned oil but will worsen tensions over marine navigation in Middle East The Iranian navy has seized a US-linked oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman as part of a long-running dispute with … Read More
Greetings from Tyler, The atmosphere we find ourselves in is more than unsettling. It’s a whirlwind of unacceptable realities that we can scarcely believe. We’ve all seen the blocking of freeways and bridges, whether we wanted to or not. Now there … Read More
More than 80 people were killed and scores more injured in the blast at a ceremony marking the death of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. The so-called Islamic State claimed responsibility for two devastating explosions that killed 84 people at a … Read More
DUBAI, Jan 3 (Reuters) – Two explosions killed more than 100 people and wounded scores at a ceremony in Iran on Wednesday to commemorate top commander Qassem Soleimani who was killed by a U.S. drone in 2020, Iranian officials said, … Read More
DUBAI, Jan 1 (Reuters) – Iran’s Alborz warship has entered the Red Sea, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday, at a time of soaring tensions on the key shipping route amid the Israel-Hamas war and attacks on vessels … Read More
Greetings from Tyler, The pretender is signaling that the U. S. may be “dragged into war with Russia” if Ukraine should lose the war. That sounds pretty bleak. Apparently WW III is not too high a price. Knowing … Read More
Three men and one woman hanged on charges of ‘moharebeh’ – or waging war against God Iran has announced it has hanged four people it claims were engaged in “sabotage” on behalf of Israel. They were executed in Iran’s north-west … Read More
Russia and Iran have entered into an agreement to avoid using the dollar in bilateral trade, relying instead on their own currencies, a new report says. The central bank governors of the two nations sealed the pact at a recent … Read More
MOSCOW, Dec 25 (Reuters) – Members of the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) have signed a fully-fledged free trade agreement with Iran, Russia’s economy ministry and the EEU said on Monday. The agreement will become permanent and replace a similar … Read More
Dec. 25 (UPI) — An Israeli airstrike in Syria killed a high-ranking member of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, according to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who vowed retribution. Sardar Seyed Razi Mousavi, an advisor to the IRGC in Syria, … Read More