Tehran, July 21 (IANS) Several explosions were heard in southern and central Iran on Monday night and early Tuesday, Iranian media reported, as US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the launch of a new round of strikes against the country.Blasts were reported on Monday night in the counties of Bandar Abbas, Sirik, Bandar Lengeh and Qeshm in the southern province of Hormozgan, as well as the counties of Chabahar and Konarak in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, Xinhua news agen…
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Cairo, July 13 (IANS) Egypt and Saudi Arabia on Monday stressed the importance of safeguarding freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz in accordance with international law, and called for de-escalation as Iran and the United States exchanged a fresh round of attacks.The remarks were made during a phone conversation between Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.The two ministers…
Tehran, July 9 (IANS) Explosions were heard in coastal areas of Iran’s port city of Bandar Abbas on Thursday afternoon, Iranian media reported.The sounds, which mainly occurred at around 1400 hrs local time (1030 GMT) along the city’s southern coast, were likely the result of an exchange of fire in parts of the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported.Meanwhile, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said three IRGC soldiers from Khuzestan province were killed as …
Washington, July 9 (IANS) The United States launched another round of military strikes against Iran, saying the operation was aimed at degrading Tehran’s ability to threaten shipping through the Strait of Hormuz after what Washington described as recent attacks on commercial vessels in the strategic waterway. The latest operation came hours after President Donald Trump declared that he believed the fragile ceasefire with Iran was effectively over and warned Tehran that further attacks on commerc…
Washington/Tehran, July 9 (IANS) US forces conducted strikes against Iran for a second straight day to “degrade” Iran’s ability “to threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz,” the United States Central Command has announced. The United States is “holding Iran accountable for recent unjustified aggression against commercial shipping and civilian crews freely navigating a vital international waterway,” the command said in a post on X on Wednesday (Washington time).More than 20 US Navy…
Tehran, July 8 (IANS) Iran on Wednesday strongly condemned the United States’ decision to revoke the temporary suspension of sanctions on Iranian oil sales, describing the move as a “clear violation” of Article 10 of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on June 18 and holding Washington responsible for the consequences of the decision. In an official statement, Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran strongly con…
Washington, July 8 (IANS) US forces launched strikes against Iran on Tuesday after three commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz were attacked, the US Central Command said.US forces “have begun launching a series of powerful strikes against Iran to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway,” the command said in a post on X.”The US strikes are in response to Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that…
Washington, June 10 (IANS) US forces launched strikes against Iran after the downing of a US Army Apache helicopter a day earlier, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said.The US strikes were “very strong, very powerful,” US President Donald Trump told ABC News after the operation began.The strikes started at 5 p.m. US Eastern Time (2100 GMT) at the president’s direction, CENTCOM wrote on X.Following the US announcement several explosions were heard early Wednesday and air defence were a…
Tehran, May 31 (IANS) Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement on Sunday that it had shot down a US MQ-1 drone, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported.The drone entered Iranian territorial waters with the intention of conducting hostile operations, but was promptly detected and brought down by air defence missiles, the report said.Earlier on Tuesday, the IRGC said that it reserved the “legitimate and definite” right to retaliate against any ceasefire violatio…
Tehran, May 29 (IANS) Iran’s air defences were activated Thursday night in the southern province of Bushehr, with an “invading” US drone destroyed, Iran’s media reported.The semi-official Tasnim news agency cited a military source as saying that Iran’s air defenses intercepted an “invading” US drone near Bushehr by firing missiles.Meanwhile, the semi-official Fars news agency said Iran’s armed forces fired missiles at certain targets from the country’s southern regions, with some local sources r…