Washington, May 17 (IANS) US President Donald Trump issued a veiled warning over rising tensions in the Middle East, posting an AI-generated image and message that read, “It was the calm before the storm,” amid reports that he is in discussions with top aides on potentially resuming air strikes on Iran.The image shared on his social media shows Trump wearing a Make America Great Again hat alongside a US Navy Admiral, standing on a naval ship amid rough seas and lightning. Iranian ships can b…
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Tehran, May 16 (IANS) A “professional mechanism” will soon be unveiled by Iran to manage traffic in the Strait of Hormuz along a designated route, a senior Iranian lawmaker said Saturday. Ebrahim Azizi, Chairman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, wrote on X that the route will “remain closed” to the operators of the ‘Project Freedom’.”In this process, only commercial vessels and parties cooperating with Iran will benefit from it,” he said, adding that a “…
Tehran, May 9 (IANS) A senior Iranian lawmaker has said that a parliamentary bill on the legal regime of the Strait of Hormuz is ready and will be passed as a “deterrent law” once the legislative body resumes operations.Ebrahim Azizi, Chairman of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee, made the remarks on the sidelines of a commemoration ceremony in Tehran while commenting on the parliament’s decision to approve legislation that would block vessels tied to Israel…
Tehran, April 27 (IANS) A senior Iranian lawmaker said on Monday the general staff of Iran’s armed forces should be the authority responsible for taking action in the Strait of Hormuz in the draft of a parliamentary plan to ensure security in the waterway.Ebrahim Azizi, chairman of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee, made the remarks in an interview with state-run IRIB TV while elaborating on the articles of the finalised draft of the “Strategic Action Plan t…