Tag Archive for "Persian Gulf"

Tehran slams UAE for treatment of Iran’s businesses in Persian Gulf
By Sebastian Clark on January 29, 2022
Iran’s foreign minister says the United Arab Emirates has adopted an “unacceptable approach” toward Iranian businesses operating in this Gulf Arab state. The semi-official Tasnim...
Iran in full control of Persian Gulf: Top commander
By Sebastian Clark on August 28, 2021
A top Iranian navy commander says the country has full control of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz and is ready to protect the waters...
Iran threatens to blockade oil route from the Persian Gulf in response to US sanctions
By Sebastian Clark on July 22, 2021
Iran may block oil tankers from using the Strait of Hormuz in response to possible US sanctions over the country’s nuclear programme. US President Donald...
Iran seizes trespassing Saudi vessel in Persian Gulf
By Sebastian Clark on July 8, 2021
The Navy of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has seized a Saudi vessel after trespassing on the Islamic Republic’s territorial waters in the Persian...
Let’s turn Persian Gulf into sea of amity, FM Zarif says
By Sebastian Clark on May 1, 2021
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called for friendship among Persian Gulf littoral states and highlighted the capability of regional countries to independently run...
Iran can facilitate Georgia’s access to Persian Gulf, Sea of Oman: Rouhani
By Sebastian Clark on April 23, 2021
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic can function as the passageway of Georgia and other regional countries to the Persian Gulf, the Sea of...
Kuwait hopes for improved Gulf-Iran ties
By Sebastian Clark on March 29, 2021
Kuwait’s deputy foreign minister has expressed hope of Persian-Arab reconciliation, further leaning away from Saudi Arabia’s hard-line standpoint on the Islamic Republic of Iran, Middle...
Iran holds Comorian ship over using a fake name for ‘Persian Gulf’
By Sebastian Clark on November 22, 2021
Iran seized a Comoros Islands-flagged ship on Saturday as its trading documents contained the waters between Iran and the Gulf as the “A.r.a.b.i.a.n Gulf” instead...
The 8th International Iran Kish Air Show in Photos
By Sebastian Clark on November 18, 2021
The 8th International Iran Kish Air Show kicked off in Kish Island in the Persian Gulf on Wednesday to display the country’s latest achievements in aircraft...
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Realiran to Oman Air: It’s “Persian Gulf” not “Arabian Gulf”
By Sebastian Clark on September 26, 2021
In an unusual move, state carrier Oman Air has apologized for inflight maps that labeled the waterway separating Iran from the Arabian Peninsula as the...
Charm offensive in the Persian Gulf: Iran making new friends in the Middle East
By Sebastian Clark on September 18, 2021
Oman and Kuwait could follow Qatar’s lead and become the next Persian Gulf states to improve their relations with Iran, Iranian political analyst Mosib Na’imi...
Iran to establish ‘Persian Gulf National Foundation’
By Sebastian Clark on August 1, 2021
Iran plans to establish the Persian Gulf National Foundation in a bid to promote information on the historic waterway, Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic...
Iran Links to Eurasia with Persian Canal
By Sebastian Clark on April 9, 2021
By: F. William Engdahl, Journal New Eastern Outlook With the US and EU economic sanctions gone, it’s becoming clear that Iran today wants to build not...
Photos: Iran’s largest coastal tourist village inaugurated
By Sebastian Clark on March 28, 2021
Iran’s largest coastal tourist village along the coast of the Persian Gulf was inaugurated last week during a ceremony attended by Iran’s Vice President Masoud...
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Iranian ‘Suez Canal’: Tehran Could Connect Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf
By Sebastian Clark on March 27, 2021
One of the most ambitious initiatives that Tehran plans to launch will see an navigable channel link the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf, Sputnik...
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First tourist cruise ships launch service in Iran’s Bandar Abbas port
By Sebastian Clark on February 8, 2022
The private companies in Iran have launched sea travel service in Persian Gulf, becoming the first-ever cruise service for tourists in the country. The cruise...
Iran, India to sign $3 billion gas contract
By Sebastian Clark on December 7, 2021
Iran has agreed a $3 billion contract with a consortium of Indian companies to develop the Farzad B gas field in the Persian Gulf, according...
Iran’s first coastal tourism village to be built along the Persian Gulf
By Sebastian Clark on December 6, 2021
The first coastal tourism village of Iran will be built along the coast of the Persian Gulf, Iran Daily reported. A trilateral agreement on the...
The name ‘Persian Gulf’ symbolizes Iranian glory and history
By Sebastian Clark on November 23, 2021
Seyyed Abbas Mojtahedi, a researcher and senior advisor to the head of the Persian Gulf Studies Center, explains about the activities of his center in...
“Persian Man” Statue Erected in the Persian Gulf Waters
By Sebastian Clark on July 26, 2021
Thanks to the efforts of an Iranian artist, a statue as the symbol of an ancient Persian man was built and erected in the deep...