Rouhani did not meet Trump in New York and European and Gulf officials expect Washington to keep tightening the vice on Iran’s economy. .     ..…

But not only are Washington's European partners skeptical of the claims even Gulf allies are not outright blaming Iran. ..…

Israeli Tzachi Hnegbi's blunt remark on Sunday, that in the past two years Israel has caused Iranian military deaths in both overt and covert operations, may have betrayed some impatience with Trump policy of military restraint against Iran, including Tehran's threat to Gulf shipping. In..…

The US military’s top general says Washington has engaged in talks with a number of countries to form an international military coalition to deter what it calls Iran’s threat to shipping in the Persian Gulf region. . Several oil tankers were targeted near the Persian Gulf last..…

Rejecting all reports about any form of direct or indirect talks with United States, Iranian diplomat emphasized, Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to establish balanced and constructive relations with all countries in Persian Gulf region based on mutual respect and interests... Earlier April,..…

The US from Iran nuclear, strict economic sanctions against Iran and increasing US military in Persian Gulf all show that Washington has many preconditions over talks with Iran, he added... ..…

The decision to avoid escalating the standoff with Iran in the Persian Gulf suggests that Washington is well aware that “Iran has many options available to raise the cost for the US and its friends in the region,” in the event of a military confrontation. . ..…

The in Persian Gulf, American military presence, increasingly language between Washington and Tehran, got overnight when Iran shot down American reconnaissance drone that it claimed was flying Iranian air space. ..…

Iran has refused to negotiate, and instead is trying to convince the other signatories of the nuclear deal, to secure for Iran the deal's economic benefits. Saudi Arabia, Washington's gulf ally, said Iran had created situation with its aggressive behavior and the..…

there is Washington that efforts at Iran- Japan diplomacy might succeed in softening US-led economic blockade of Tehran.. ..…

Strains have increased between Iran and United States, after this month's attack on oil tankers in Gulf that Washington has blamed on Iran.. ..…

Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami downplayed deployment of the US aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf as psychological warfare against Iran, saying that Washington is not brave enough to launch a war. . ... TEHRAN (FNA)- The six..…

Elsewhere in the Gulf, Bahrain warned its citizens against traveling to Iraq or Iran due to “unstable conditions”. . In Washington, officials urged U.S. commercial airliners flying over the waters of the Gulf and the Gulf of Oman to exercise caution. . ..…

The abrupt trip staged by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Brussels to push Washington's hard line against Iran, combined with the deployment of still more US military assets to Persian Gulf, point to Washington's calculated escalation of war crisis in the region.. .....…

The US loud statements about the motive behind deploying USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to the Arabian Gulf indicate Washington's attempt at sending strong to Tehran and avoiding war.. combination of Iran reducing the level of its obligations under the nuclear and the..…

So here too, the problem is Iran, where Trump opened second front and sent carrier to Gulf. Washington has called on Iran to discontinue all its nuclear and missile programmes, withdraw its armed forces from Syria, end its destabilising Iraq, Afghanistan and Gulf and..…

Venezuela has by far the largest known hydrocarbon reserves which is two days of shipping time away from Texas oil refineries, versus Arabian Gulf from higher shipping costs, plus the risk of having to sail through Iran-controlled Gulf of Hormuz.. Washington cannot..…

Iran faces oil sanctions, military encirclement and attacks on proxy allies Yemen, Syria and Gulf Washington relies on Saudi Arabia, Israel and their paramilitary groups to apply military and economic pressure to undermine Iran's economy and impose 'regime change. ..…

Iran faces oil sanctions, military encirclement and attacks on proxy allies Yemen, Syria and Gulf Washington relies on Saudi Arabia, Israel and their paramilitary groups to apply military and economic pressure to undermine Iran's economy and impose 'regime change. ..…

Iran is far more democratic than the absolute monarchies of the Persian Gulf – with which the Washington is closely allied – but it’s hardly a democracy. . “Iran is ruled by a reactionary, dictatorial clique that oppresses its own people,” he writes. ..…

While he is a long-time critic of US foreign policy, Erlich is no admirer of Iran’s political institutions. Iran is far more democratic than the absolute monarchies of the Persian Gulf—with which the Washington is closely allied—but it is hardly a democracy. . ..…

Abdul Mahdi's elevation, therefore, is compromise everyone can live with, including United States, Saudi Arabia, Sadr, Kurdish parties, and even Iran, Hussein Ibish, of Arab Gulf States Institute Washington, wrote last week.. The first was Treaty of Amity between United States..…