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UK plan for European fleet to escort tankers in Gulf 'provocative': Iran

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said such a force would only make matters worse

Iran warns UK against escalating tensions, says crew of seized ship safe

Britain has called Iran's capture of the Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday a "hostile act"

Iran denies Trump's assertion that US Navy destroyed one of its drones

Gulf tensions are high, with fears the United States and its longtime foe Iran could stumble into war

UK says seized Iranian oil tanker could be released on conditions

The tanker's interception came on the heels of already high tensions in the Persian Gulf as the Trump administration continues its campaign of maximum pressure on Iran

British special forces seize oil tanker for busting Syria sanctions

The seizure, announced by Gibraltar's government, could inflame tensions between Iran and the EU just as the UK, France and Germany try to keep Iran from walking away from the nuclear deal

Iran says it has breached 2015 nuclear deal's uranium stockpile limit

Zarif confirmed that Iran had exceeded the relevant limit of 300 kg of uranium hexafluoride (UF6)

Iran says progress at last-ditch nuclear deal talks 'not enough'

The countries that are still signed up to the agreement held urgent talks with Iranian officials in Vienna in hope of persuading Tehran to hold off.

Iran says detained US resident to be released to Lebanon

Iran has agreed to hand over a US permanent resident imprisoned for years in Tehran to Lebanese officials, an Iranian judiciary official said Tuesday, providing the first official confirmation that Nizar Zakka would be sent back to his native Lebanon. The comment by judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili comes as a top Lebanese security official is in Tehran to secure Zakka's release, which has been anticipated for days. "A court has accepted the condition of freedom of Nizar Zakka and he will be handed over to Lebanese officials," Esmaili said, according to the judiciary's Mizan news agency. There was no immediate comment from Lebanon. Zakka, an internet freedom advocate, is one of a series of prisoners with either dual nationality or links to the West held in Iran. His potential release comes as tensions between Iran and the US remain high after President Donald Trump withdrew America from Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers. A report Monday on state TV's website mirrore

Iran may offer the Farzad-B gas block to India on easier terms

But Iran's plans may come to nought as Indian officials are now not keen on the block because of the viability factor

US labels Iran military unit as terrorists, worsening ties with Tehran

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, created after Iran's 1979 revolution to support the regime, is deeply embedded in the country's economy.

Iran summons Pakistan ambassador over suicide bombing which killed 27

An Iranian official at the ministry called on Pakistan to quickly take the necessary steps for the identification and arrest of the attack's perpetrators

Iran to stage military drills in Indian Ocean to boost naval performance

The manoeuvre will be held this winter within the perimeters of Iran's southern territorial waters and high seas

UN Security Council to hold a closed-door meeting on Iran missile test

The United States decided in May to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions on Iran, to the dismay of its Europeans allies

You can't sanction Iran on humanitarian goods, plane parts: UN court to US

Judges in The Hague unanimously ruled that the sanctions on some goods breached a 1955 'friendship treaty' between Iran and the US that predates Iran's Islamic Revolution

Iran blames US 'puppet' for attack that killed 29, to respond legally

The small puppet countries in the region are backed by the US and it's the US that provokes them, said President Rouhani

Iran builds new centrifuge rotor factory, says country's nuclear chief

The factory would have the capacity to build rotors for up to 60 IR-6 centrifuges per day

India, oil's fastest growing buyer, guzzling Iran's crude as sanctions loom

India, which imports over 80% of its oil, is attracted to Iran's crude largely due to geographic proximity that can save on shipping costs

After successful Korea summit., Donald Trump now sets his eyes on Iran

Trump last month withdrew from the deal, terming it as the "decaying and rotten" agreement

Angry Iranians ask Prez Rouhani to control inflation, reboot economy plans

Stagnation and inequality were central to the grievances that erupted a few weeks ago into Iran's worst unrest for a decade

More pro-regime rallies as Iran declares 'sedition' over

Telecoms Minister Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi said Telegram would only be unblocked if it removed terrorist content